Photo Box Part 3, White Dwarf 68 and a Cossack Standard bearer
01/11/2012 3 Comments
Ok, so i made the Photo Box Mk1, with a white background. But I found a problem with that, so to make Photo Box Mk 2, I had other plans as I alluded to an old White Dwarf (WD) article as well. Rooting around in my collection, I found the offending article, in WD68:
It was the second WD I bought !
Right, so what does it say ? Well you need a coloured background, not just white. When I built the Mk1 box, I immediately found why – a white flag on a white background. From the Table Top Heroes column, you can see the basic Photo Box set up that I aimed for. You can also spot that many of the pictures were taken with a duck egg-blue background…
And here is the Cossack with Russian flag:
Now you can see the white of the flag properly.
I got the A3 pale blue paper from Hobby Craft in Hereford, and sprayed the inside of the box using a can of paint from Halfords also from Hereford. The Cossack is from Copplestone.
Also, you might be able to spot a few of the Giants I posted earlier in the bottom left hand picture.
Now all I need to do is buy a decent camera and learn how to use it ! 🙂
Hi,
I have created two cheep ass light boxes, and what to share my idea with you.
http://theorky15mm.blogspot.com/search/label/photos
The photos I take with it.
http://theorky15mm.blogspot.com/search/label/photos
I have two one is an over sized coffee can, the other is a three gallon bucket. The trick is to put reflective material on the sides of the opening in the side. That helps flood the miniature with light.
Back in the day I had one of those magic carpet minis – ah memories…
I use a basic digital camera set to digital macro (or get my mate, with his expensive camera to do it)
I owe Stuart an Arabian Mage on flying carpet, if I have another spare you can have that. 🙂