Toy Photography

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BBi P-51 Mustang

>>6424208
Mind if I ask where you got those violins from?

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>>6424212

Experimenting with trying to capture a Top Gun look

>>6424208
>dat me, noice

>>6425056
They're from the 5 inch Sherlock

>>6425558
Is that natural sunlight from the back? Works really well for this one

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>>6425558

I don't know which ones I like and which ones are ass.

Tell me what you think

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>>6425635

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Gashapon spike

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Bugmen

>>6425687


I really like this

>>6425573
Thank you!

>>6425693
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thanks it was super dark i wish i had posed him a little better
but i'm happy with bug man

>>6425682
saved

>>6425986
Thanks I will retake this one day when I get a swordfish model. I want to do an on going series of characters and their rides

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>>6425635
I really like this one.

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>>6426108

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>>6426112

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Dammit. Apparently this is a common problem with this guy too. I guess I'm waiting until the rebirth batman solo.

>>6426284
That Spiderman though.

>>6426284
Well at least you got a good pic out of it

>>6426284
People always insist that imports are fragile yet this this is the most common thing I've seen

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>>6426284
>>6426508
Extremely easy to fix.

http://www.instructables.com/id/1-How-to-Fix-a-Broken-Superhero-without-glue/

In fact even more simple than the tutorial:
1) Use a dremmel or hobby drill instead of the larger sized shown in the tutorial
2) They make screws with no 'head' on them. The slot is in the actual threaded shaft. So there's no need for cutters or hacksaw.

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>>6424208
I quick pic of a shop and a Chevelle on a lift

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>>6426284
Hahaha

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>>6426625
This is really nice, what scale is it?

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>>6426656
Thank you! It is all 1/25 scale.
Same to you, nice garden warfare.

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Not really a good pic just though it was funny

>>6426593
Thanks. I guess it won't hurt to try.

>>6427516
Whoa. That is neato!

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Someone let me borrow a camera yesterday and decided to take some pics, I photoshopped some blood on him. I don't have a good spot to take pictures so I just took did it my room. How do you guys do it? do you go outside? what about lightning?

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>>6428320

Either point the light at the figure or adjust your metering.

Try adding a second source of light. One straight on and one at an angle, or use the lamp with window sunlight or even the room's main light.

If you mix light sources and they run at different temperatures you can get some interesting results

Hey guys
How do you promote yourself? I've got some nendos, keep taking pictures of them, posting it on insta, but I feel like I'm ignored, so where should i go show myself? Even if it means to get some criticism maybe?

>>6428354
Thanks! I'll try to get another light source, I only have a lamp and the light in my room. I will experiment, thanks for the tip.

>>6428821

Use all your allotted hashtags on every post and then just surf around liking other people's shit

>>6428877

No prob.

When in doubt just use natural sunlight

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>>6429009
Forgot pic

>>6429009
Commenting works especially. Things like, 'nice!! [emoji emoji emoji]' or even just 'lol' can get you noticed. Try not to sound like a bot and give some actual compliments, if you do it enough you WILL start getting more exposure.

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>>6428320
>what about lightning?

$10 LED desk lamp at Walmart and a regular ol' 40 watt bulb on the other side. I should probably get another LED lamp. But I'm a poorfag who has to choose between a figure and a lamp, so maybe I'm not the best for this.

>>6429358

I do:

Nice

Very nice

Awesome

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>>6428320
>>6429376

Different lighting and the results:

Pic related is an LED flashlight

>>6424212
Indirect sunlight, outdoors

>>6428354
Indirect sunlight, indoors

>>6429011
Direct sunlight, indoors

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>>6429439

Indirect sunlight indoors and a desk lamp

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>>6429443

TV glow and ambient lamp light

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>>6429447

Laptop glow, desk lamp, and ceiling light

Please tell me if you life pic related or >>6429011 more

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>>6429376
>>6429485
>>6429447
>>6429443
>>6429439

Thanks, never wouldve thought of using my laptop or tv as a light source for pictures. I did use a lamp though. What about white backgrounds? Do you have a complete white space somewhere in your house? Or do you make them? I like >>6429011 btw

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>>6429541

Just two pieces of 50 cent poster board from a dollar store, blutacked to the wall and one for the desk.

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>>6429541

I don't use backgrounds because if I'm not outdoors I'll use a shallow depth of field and I like a little bokeh but you can use poster board or a light box/light tent which I'm half sure Miniature Krillin is using

The black background you see in that pic is because the figure is in a beam of light so the camera is keyed into a sensitivity that will prioritize the sunlight. In other words there is no background, just the absence of color because of the high contrast. Does that make sense? I'm trying to write this but I'm being talked at at the same time.

Pic related isn't a toy but you get the gist. That's a kitchen island so there's obviously shit back there and not an empty black void, it just looks that way because of what the camera is looking at, the light it's in, and it's sensitivity to that light

Think of it as the opposite of a silhouette

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>>6428821
Use tags.

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>>6429971

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Something I was messin with

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>>6429675
>>6429675
Thanks a lot anon, speaking of camera sensivity and stuff. Are there any camera settings i should be messing with? The camera I borrowed is a regular digital one, nothing fancy.

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>>6430478

Depending on the camera you have you should have a wheel for different settings. Leaving it on Auto will try to figure out whats best however it can sometimes be "wrong" or unable to capture what you have in mind so you'll have to use Manual mode to program it yourself.

Keep the exposure triangle in mind.

ISO is how sensitive to light your sensor is. The higher the ISO the higher the sensitivity to light but in really dark shots it can produce noise so you'll have to find the right balance with the other two

Aperture dictates how much light is let in. It's the "iris" of the camera. A wide aperture will let in more light than a smaller one. A wide aperture will also produce a shallow depth of field and blur out the background while a smaller one will take in more of the background. A shallow DOF with lights or color in the background will produce bokeh

Shutter speed is exactly what it sounds like, how fast it will take the picture, more specifically how long it will open the aperture for

Its all about finding the right balance for each shot. For example, if you're taking a shot at night, you'll want a wide aperture and a slow shutter speed with an ISO thats high enough to take everything in but not so high that it produces noise.

If its broad daylight and your ISO, aperture, and shutter speed time are too high it'll over expose the image and the opposite is also true.

This one >>6429011 required a medium aperture, very low ISO, and very fast shutter speed

This one>>6429439 was taken in a dark room with an LED flashlight so I used a wide aperture, medium ISO, and slower shutter speed

It should be noted that the longer the picture takes the steadier you'll camera will have to be, so get a tripod.

On the flip side, this one >>6416519 was done with my settings all leaning toward a fast shutter speed

Anyway. Figure out the exposure triangle and check out some youtube videos on cinematography to learn more about mood and framing and the like.

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>>6430478
>>6430722

You'll also want to take white balance into consideration.

Basically, color is what light frequencies are reflected back at you and different light sources will produce different types of light which in turn dictate what colors the camera will see.

For example, if you're taking a picture in a room with a fluorescent light the picture will lean towards blue so you can change your white balance to warm it up and give it a natural balanced look.

If you're using a desk lamp that gives off soft yellow light then you can compensate by making the camera more sensitive to cooler colors and the result will be a natural color balance

White balance and the exposure triangle can be a little confusing but once it clicks you'll be good to go.

If you're still not satisfied or if something still won't come out right then just correct it in post. I don't care what the ACBA says about Photoshop or Lightroom. Any actual photographer will tell you post is just part of the process--- always has been.

It's literally the modern day equivalent of developing film. DSLRs don't take negatives, they take in raw color information and then combine them all together which will initially look sort of washed out and grey. Its up to you to "develop" the image in post and dictate what colors are accented and which aren't--- just like how people used to (and still do) in darkrooms

The ACBA's stance on not doing any post is the equivalent of a woodworker building a chair but not sanding or staining it. It just produces an unfinished and product which a lot of American collectors see as they way to do things and they in turn start developing bad habits jut because the ACBA said thats how you're supposed to do things even though they don't know any better.

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>>6430722
>>6430760

Unfortunately i don't think I can mess with the shutter speed or aperture. All I can see is the ISO settings which I have on 100, color mode which I have on vivid, metering mode( i think it controls the exposure), focus mode and white balance which i have on natural.

>>6431001

Meter is what the camera focuses on from an exposure perspective rather than clarity if that makes sense. Here's a helpful link

https://photographylife.com/understanding-metering-modes

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>>6431046
Read and saved, thanks a lot. I guess I should use the default metering settings. Now I know what the other 2 options are for.

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>>6431279

>>6431282
>200 years later, Yorrick still awaits the return of his lord who died in war.

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>>6431241
Not a problem.

If you don't mind I did a thing to your thing to show what I mean when I say post is so important and how digital cameras will grey things out

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>>6431957

Here's the full thing.

This was fun. Tried to go with the bright ass colors you typically see on Gundam boxes.

>>6431957
Yeah, I do believe in post, I actually try messing around in photoshop with the pictures I take, the gundam one was untouched though, I took that one a couple of years ago. I've been trying to shoot with just a lamp indoors, but I still capture everything that's behind. Gotta keep trying.

>>6432075
It actually looks like cardboard, really nice dude, I like it.

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I posted these in the skeleton thread as well.

>>6426721
I kek'd
Something about the model kit Stormtroopers is humorous to me, they have more personality than other lines

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>>6433502

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Well, here's another attempt.

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>>6434227

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>>6434229

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When hooded heroes clash.

>>6425573
How is the sherlock figure? I thought it looked shit so skipped.

>>6435900
I only bought it for the accessories. It's complete ass, it's like a smaller DCUC

>>6435918
Kek

>>6435918
Oh shit. I didn't know the artist made a mini version of that daki

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Stopped at a diner. Some kid had forgot their old toy cars in the parking lot. Looked like they had been buried at the beach or something.

>>6432095
>all that sand
I hate sand

>>6427772
>Tell me your secrets, Groot

>>6436334
It's one of my favorite settings for photography. I have probably a third of my photos in the tatooine setting (I do almost exclusively lego Star Wars)

>>6435918
>keep your enemies close and your husbando closer

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Mikasa is one down ass bitch

>>6437934
What brand and series is that??

>>6437996
looks like figma

>>6438000
Thanks!

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>>6437996

Both Mikasa and the horse are Figma

>>6438079
that's nice lighting. Did you ever post your setup?/would mind posting it?

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>>6441269

A black dry erase board propped against some long boxes on a wolk folder between two windows with (not seen in pic) a candle in front of the figure

The best source of light is sunlight

>>6441381
This is awesome

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>>6441834

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>>6441836

>>6426284
That fucker's gead is will not stay on. Like ever

>>6436327
Nice, seeing these junkers always makes me happy and i always take them home with me.
That ambulance is a really funky one on the right. Looks like a shortnosed dog.
This era had such great sculpts, suspension and paintjob.

>>6429560
This is ace.

You guys are cool, i should really delve into this info some for my Lego mocs.

I know this is an incredibly basic question, and has been asked dozens of times, but can anyone give any tips for setting up a photo area? I was thinking of buying a table and attempting to make a light box.

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>>6441946
Maybe this should be included in the OP
http://buyfags.moe/Photography

>>6441840
The best! Now I have a new wallpaper, thanks!

>>6442079
This! Thank you, really useful

>>6441946

A decent light tent is under $100

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>>6441946
I just have a big piece of paper pinned on the wall and 2 lamps on either side that have 1 layer of paper towels on them to filter the light. Same effect as a light box. In my experience a light box or light tent limits you. They are good but I'm not a fan.

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>>6442222

>>6441946
You don't exactly need a light box, you can totally just get the table and some proper lighting - just learn how to work whatever camera you have

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>>6442226

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>>6442233

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>>6442236

>>6442238
kek

>>6442222
How did you hook the paper towels on there?

>>6442278
Nice m8

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>>6442366

>>6442366
>>6442369
good photos but that posing on the bottom makes my neck hurt

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>>6442324
Tape or magnets. Use LED bulbs so the paper towels don't catch on fire. I will take pics of my set up when I get home.

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>>6442484
History just got spookier....

>>6442229

Well yeah, Thats exactly what I do as you can see here >>6441380 but what I'm saying is that a decent light tent is cheap enough to make building a light box not worth the effort

>>6442366
>>6442369
What fiures are these?
And how much wallet hurt?

>>6443032
really cool.

>>6442231
>>6442233
>>6442236
I love these.

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>>6442400
this is my set up. its a cluster fuck but it works

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>>6443772
I love this

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>>6443570
Thanks man!

>>6443275

Funko Legacy Power armor, about 12 bucks

Series 1 walking dead comic zombies, from Mcfarlane. they were like also 12 bucks at the time.

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>>6443790
Thanks dude!

>>6443032
what figure is that and where can I get one?

>>6442236
>>6442233
>>6442231
>>6442226

These are really nice.

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>>6444148
Mythic legions is the toy line, from FourHorsemen Studios, he's actually has a knight helm, but i used one of my skeleton heads from the same toy line on him.

That figure is a Templar knight, and you can't really get them anymore, small indie company that sells though kickstarters and preorders only.

They currently have a small preorder up right now. http://storehorsemen-com.3dcartstores.com/

As for that specific figure, your out of luck.

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>>6442222
>I just have a big piece of paper pinned on the wall and 2 lamps on either side that have 1 layer of paper towels on them to filter the light

Hey, that works kinda well. I just need a 2nd LED lamp, my other is a regular lamp and I don't think putting paper towels over that would be a good idea.

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>>6424208
I tried photoshop for the first time

>>6424208
where are those beers from?

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>>6447719
Blur those shots a bit so they're not rigid.

Here is a rainy day Greedo

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I already posted this in another thread but i like it a lot.

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You guys like Rhodesia, right?

>>6448847
If this picture was bread, it would be whole-grain.

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Here is another one of mine.

>>6448770
What is he even doing

>>6449351

Confusing you, duh

Not sure if this is the right thread to ask, but what are some good furniture sets for my figmas [spoiler]before a straight up buy a barbie dream house[/spoiler]

>>6443624
what is that taped to your lights? ive seen that type of stuff on other set ups but i can never tell whats on the lights cus theyre on ya know?

>>6449454
Why would you get Barbie for figmas?

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>>6449585
It's just toilet paper.

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>>6449696
My other lights on my desk have paper towels over them.

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>>6424208

>>6447719
Can you post the original of this?
I'd like to try something, and possibly give you a bit of advice.

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An attempt was made

>>6441502
Thank you kindly, anon

>>6449634
Poor Vader, he'll never get all of that sand out

>>6448942

No idea what fig that is but it is awesome looking and I want one.

>>6449454
Im in your boat, mate

Figmas are 1:12 scale. Lookup dollhouse stuff in that scale; luckily its the most common one.

Gazechimp is a good brand, but they also make 1:6 stuff. Just be aware of the scales.

Btw, barbie is 1:6 too.

>>6437934
Now I have to buy Levi for that hair piece...

>>6443032
Some rust would make this spectacular.

>>6443790
I want this figure so fucking bad.

>>6447719
Blur all of the lasers except the one being fired, only blur that one gradually as it goes away from the muzzle. Will look top notch, great picture even without the lasers.

>>6449698
Where'd you get the stickers from? Also, great picures!

>>6454152
you sir, have a sick sense of humor

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Testing my new set of home wired lamps.

>>6454377
Can you try altering the white balance in photoshop etc?

Your whites look a little grey, so it looks a bit grimey.

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>>6453983
Thanks man, I got them from reprolables. It's called toyhax.com now though.

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Here's a glimpse of my setup; it's the backside of a giant poster that has a sort of matte finish. 2 desk lamps with another standing one that's higher up, which has 3 lights on it, all dampened with tracing paper taped to them (my bulbs are all daylight, but the exact temperature is on the box, which I'll find sometime).

That box on the canvas with the tracing paper over it is what I use to block and further dampen the light on each sides of my figure when I do close ups (there's a second one offscreen), like my next pic

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>>6454442
The boxes on each side of the figure prevent the light from drowning out the figure too much. I use foil from the front of the figure to reflect light onto the figure so I can eliminate as much of the shadow as possible

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Here's another behind-the-camera shot, with the settings I use to get the next shot

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>>6454456
>IT'S YER BOY, SHIBITO YO
Some post-processing is used, mainly color balance to get it a tad warmer since for some reason my LCD screen doesn't exactly show me the exact picture it takes. It turns out sort of yellow-er than it seems (and sometimes I spot-check stray dust)

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The bright exposure also helps hiding stands, something I had to learn to do when I used to post in the ACBA page often since I don't use dioramas. Here's a (bad) video of how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WZSs_LYMv8

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>>6454252
Thanks, here's a different angle.

I still have some 1/12 school desk and chairs left from my order so maybe I'll make another classroom diorama.

>>6454483
The problem wit this is you're losing a lot of the detail when you have white on white. The colors pop, but her blouse just gets eaten up.

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>>6454152

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My Vagabundo

>>6453655
Thank you for the advice kind anon

>>6449696

Two ply or 1 ply?

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heyo

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>>6454981
2 ply.

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I got Ranma today so decided to take some pics, I'm still struggling on my quest to take better toy pictures. I think i'm getting one of those cheap light boxes.

>>6454442
>tracing paper on lamps
Hoe does this not cause a fire?

>>6456060
I don't know about his, but I use LED bulbs and they barely get warm.

>>6456060
It doesn't look like they're actully touching the bulbs themselves ... but still

>>6456183
Same. They can be on for a good 12 hours.

>>6456328
>All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain

>>6456060
Because people aren't stupid, and leave the lights burning next to the paper for hours at a time?

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Took these today, how'd I do?

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>>6456428

Second one

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Started reading the guyver manga again so I wanted to take some photos. Just starting out so I'd love some tips!

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Messed around a bit in photoshop with this one.

>>6456431
Pretty good m8. I prefer the first one.

>>6456285
>one eye on the titties, one eye on the streets

>>6433502
I enjoyed these anon thanks

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>>6457570
Glad you enjoyed them dude. I posted all of them in the old skeleton general.

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>>6458149

>>6457175
>one eye on the teats, one eye on the streets
ftfy

>>6458156
thought the pencil was in his mouth.

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old but i miss this board. hey, guys.

>>6456585
lol my nigga. guyver bros, wanna date?

>>6454377

What's that crazy looking red sword from?

>>6454456
>>6454461
>>6454483
ilu

>>6458302
You know it.

Honestly I forgot how great the older figures are. Sadly my cats chewed my guyver 1's longer arm blade so he only has one, as well as guyver 2 missing his fist and Neo Zx missing one of his long blades (Surely my damn cats again). I guess that's why they were in storage. Wish the line wasn't so hard to get/expensive. Definitely want to try to finish it.

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>>6458648

>>6426284
The "I am Mrs.Nesbitt" variant batman figure is my favorite

>>6458648
>>6458654

nice

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I only wish Hasbro gave a shit and articulated their figures ("Black" series is just a moneygrab)

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Rolled out of bed to take this. I'll have to retry this in the AM

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>>6441381
nice

not mine

>>6458621
Which others do you have

>>6459299
Guyver 1, Guyver 2, Neo Zx-tole. Guyver 3 is in the mail right now.

>>6456639
Your yellow box is too big and overlapping with red.

>>6460184
custom?

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>>6460404
not him but it's a "lone wanderer" figure from the Funko Legacy collection.

Pretty low quality figures, but for 12 bucks or so, it's not that bad, especially for fallout figures that we'll never get any more of.

>>6460442
Its horrible and by far the worst figure that i can even think of

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>>6441840

duuuuuude

>>6460442
>>6460522
>Funko figure is horrible quality
You don't say

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Anybody knows what line a non chrome C3P0 comes in?

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>>6460751

Second one I did.

>>6454152
>>6454595
Is the classroom background custom?

>>6426284
That Spider-Man makes it great

>>6443888
>at the time

>>6454377
From where can I acquire that shopping cart?

>>6460811
Look up 1/12 scale shopping cart on eBay and you'll find it.

>>6453365
It's a Gundam Master Grade GM sniper-II. I painted it myself.

>>6455020
>>6455022

damn, thats a lot of clones

>>6459255
this is freakin dope

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This filter makes for some real n8ce shots.

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My quest continues, i got a white and black piece of cardboard. Testing with terminator and robocop

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>>6462021

>>6462022
>>6462021

Your on your way dude.

http://www.mediacollege.com/lighting/three-point/

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>>6462061
Very useful stuff, I tried that a little with two lights. I took a bunch of pictures of guts but i think this one's my favorite, might post another one.

>>6424208
Man, lego sets have come a long way since the 80's.

>>6462387
>oh yes daddy

>>6462415

yeah that looks great

>>6462435
Thanks a lot anon, appreciate it.

what sort of cameras/lenses do you guys use?

i use a Canon T4i using an adjustable 18-135mm lense

as seen here
>>6431282
>>6431279


also rip image limit

>>6426284
lel spidey

>>6441840
>>6442222
>>6442226
>>6442231
>>6442233
>>6442236
>>6442238
>>6442278
>>6443032
saved as wallpaper

>>6460781
Yes, it is. Designed it in a paint program and printed multiple sheets of paper and taped them together. The floor is printed paper, too (did it before noticing my desk/chair model kits came with school flooring).

>>6424208
what kinda cheap camera would any of you guys recommend, my phones a potato and im tired of negative quality pictures

Made a light box thanks to that awsm tut, what do you guys think?
http://imgur.com/a/rL6O4

>>6472269
Why did you upload to imgur instead of in the new thread?
>>6466221

>>6472784
Why you refuse so much to link old dying threads to the new one?

>>6472803
I didn't make the new thread. This one hit image limit five days ago, did you not think to check for yourself?

>>6472976
>Implying I come here daily.
>Implying I'm the same who uploaded to the imgur

In the time I have been here, I have noticed that people rarely, if ever, link the old photo threads to the new ones. Is kind of annoying because by the time I'm aware the thread hit the image limit, the new one have like a dozen posts or more.

Also, I'm trying to mentally ignore threads with TF,so in this particular case, that's also the problem

>>6462388
I like the shadow. More ppl should play around with this.

>>6473751
>>Implying I come here daily.
>>Implying I'm the same who uploaded to the imgur
t. >implied I made the new thread and didn't link it.

Although I agree, I have seen many times people not linking the old thread. If I hadn't been trying to prove a point to imgur anon, I wouldn't have noticed there was a new thread either.
When I'm able to, I will sometimes link the new thread myself.

>ignore threads with TF,
I always seem to find myself with about 10 hidden transformer threads.

>>6443783

where is that skeleton from?

>>6430261
feels like this might have been better with a closer and lower angle

>>6430760
>The ACBA's stance on not doing any post is the equivalent of a woodworker building a chair but not sanding or staining it. It just produces an unfinished and product

Interesting, I never thought about it that way before. The mindset is that an unshooped image is all true and "original/authentic" but comparing it to sanding and staining makes it seem like you are just missing out on finishing touches instead.

Interesting analogy

>>6453703
Or just buy the piece loose

REEEEEEE
DIE THREAD SO WE CAN HAVE THE NEXT ONE
REEEEEEE

>>6448943
really nice, context?