Author: michael

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Lightbox

lightbox
So I built a lightbox, or rather a quick and dirty lightbox for taking photos of my figures.  First efforts, the ork photos below, were a bit yellow’ish as they were taken a bit late in the day and there is a lot of artificial yellow electric light.  Will try again later when there is a bit more natural light.  Certainly it’s easier to use than my previous system.  Could have chosen a better box, ie one with one part sides that didn’t require extra reinforcement because I chopped windows in the sides but there you go.

Anyway, as you can probably tell, it is a box on it’s side with three windows cut into it.  One each on either side and one on the top which were then covered with baking paper.  Obviously the idea is to allow diffused light into the box (via natural and artificial sources) and onto the subject.  The result should be a well lit model without any shadows.  As you can see it also provides a nice mechanism for holding in place the sheet of card as a curved backdrop to get that suspended/floating effect.

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James Orks

Finished James Orks from the Assault on Black Reach (40k starter box).  Took new photos as well, not sure if they’re much better than those taken previously but well …

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British Armoured Squadron and Support

British Armoured Squadron with Support

Ok because I said I would here is my amoured squadron and support. (less the AA tanks and the comets, and the churchills…)

What we have there in total is

HQ:
2x Cromwell iv, 2x Cromwell vi (CS)
Combat Platoons (x3):
3x Cromwell iv, 1x Sherman vc (Firefly)
Weapons Platoons:
3x Stuart v
6x Universal Carriers
Support Platoons :
2x Motor Platoon (4x M5 Halftrack, 3x MG team, 1x Command MG team, 1x PIAT team, 1x Light Mortar team)
1x Armoured Car Platoon (2x Daimler Armoured Car, 2x Daimler Dingo)

In effect there are a few more infantry stands but it seemed wrong to leave them out.