As I have been finally painting again, I have decided that it would be a nice idea to have a better background for photography than the Slaves to Darkness book. A quick skip dive (I did ask permission from the builders!) yielded a couple smaller than hoped for pieces of wood, but which will suffice for the time being until I can make a proper and larger photography box.
Not much to this really. Two pieces of wood nailed together at a right angle. The ground part painted with Citadel's Agrellan Earth, in line with the bases for the Traitor Legions. The sky was based loosely on the Galaxy decoration on shoes and bags, and was only really a few colours. There are tutorials online on how to do it, mainly aimed at painting Converse shoes.
Enjoy :)
A C100 Space Marine moves across an alien landscape. The Marine is a WIP, and has been painted up as a Rogue Trader era Horus Heresy Night Lord Marine. I just need to paint the shoulder pad symbols and double check the rest of it. More on these later...
That's very effective
ReplyDeleteThank you, it will be fine for the small scale photographs I have planned for the moment.
DeleteNicely done, and that's a great idea!
ReplyDeleteThank you, it was quite simple to do and fun.
DeleteReally cool! Going to make for great photos!
ReplyDeleteThank you, I just wanted a simple but effective background and base for small scale photographs.
DeletePretty nice! I understand you are after a larger piece, but I think this one makes the deal!
ReplyDeleteYes, once I have the room I would like to build a much lager photographing box for army sized shots.
DeleteHey Lee, the outcome is good!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteYour solution appears simple but effective: can you also get frontal photos easily? Have you planned to also put some scenic elements in the foreground, to cover the vertical edge of the wooden plank, which has not been painted?
ReplyDeleteI can get frontal photographs, I just have to angle the camera correctly. The last photograph above is one example. I don't intend angling the photographs to include the unpainted front. It's only for small scale photographing, a squad or single figures, so I hope it will be ok for a while.
DeleteVery effective Lee
ReplyDeleteThank you Dave, it will be fine until I can build a bigger backdrop. I need to concentrate on painting the miniatures first.
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