[40K] Painted & Converted Terminators - with a ride!

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Well, I've finally got pics of the Terminators, the converted Captain
and Chaplain, and their ride (a LR Crusader) online. These are part
of my dad's army, but since he's unable to paint due to his eyes, I've
been working on his figures, so I can claim full credit (and he has no
problem telling people at the shops). Let me know what you guys
think.

http://www.inisfail.com/gallery/terminators.htm

http://www.inisfail.com/gallery/term-captain.htm

http://www.inisfail.com/gallery/term-chaplain.htm

http://www.inisfail.com/gallery/lr-crusader.htm

-Erik

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On 29 Apr 2005 06:21:14 -0700, donovan_borman@yahoo.com wrote:

>Hey Erik,
>
>A great effect for blue-themed metallics is to paint bolt-gun metal (or
>whatever), then ink blue all over. This gives it a cold steel/gun blued
>effect and if done right looks awesome. I have an Empire army who're
>tied together with blue, and this effect helps tie in the armored
>knights extremely effectively.

I know the effect, I've used it on some models and it looks awesome!
It's a shame the pictures didn't turn out as well as I thought, it
kills the highlighting on the metal (and the Chappy's head). I wanted
to keep the Captain that color because it matched the rest of the army
(think Silver Skulls for the basics, but a lot of modification).
-Erik

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On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:50:24 +0100, "Spack" <news@worldofspack.co.uk>
wrote:

>"Erik Setzer" <erks@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:1ld471pmd530796mljubmcpph7m3u9m0jg@4ax.com...
>
>> It's a shame the pictures didn't turn out as well as I thought, it
>> kills the highlighting on the metal (and the Chappy's head). I wanted
>
>Get a small table lamp to shine on the figs, and turn off the camera flash.
>The lighting should be much more subdued and the pics should look less
>noisy, and detail won't get obscured in the glare. I tend to then use the
>Photoshop auto levels as it almost always improves the picture slightly.

It's the bloody flash that's the problem! I used a lamp with GW
Reveal bulbs (blue-light) and directed them away from the figures.
But my dad insists on using the macro setting, which automatically
turns on the flash. Maybe I can find the manual to the camera and
figure out how to turn off the flash on macro.
-Erik

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It was a cold day in September when Erik Setzer entered the world pub known
as rec.games.miniatures.warhammer and said...

> On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:50:24 +0100, "Spack" <news@worldofspack.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> >"Erik Setzer" <erks@comcast.net> wrote in message
> >news:1ld471pmd530796mljubmcpph7m3u9m0jg@4ax.com...
> >
> >> It's a shame the pictures didn't turn out as well as I thought, it
> >> kills the highlighting on the metal (and the Chappy's head). I wanted
> >
> >Get a small table lamp to shine on the figs, and turn off the camera flash.
> >The lighting should be much more subdued and the pics should look less
> >noisy, and detail won't get obscured in the glare. I tend to then use the
> >Photoshop auto levels as it almost always improves the picture slightly.
>
> It's the bloody flash that's the problem! I used a lamp with GW
> Reveal bulbs (blue-light) and directed them away from the figures.
> But my dad insists on using the macro setting, which automatically
> turns on the flash. Maybe I can find the manual to the camera and
> figure out how to turn off the flash on macro.
> -Erik
>
Take some black electrical tape and cover the flash...gads, do I have to do
the thinking for Everyone around here...
--
Jim M

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"Jim M" <hnjcomics@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> It was a cold day in September when Erik Setzer entered the world pub
> known
> as rec.games.miniatures.warhammer and said...
>
>> On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:50:24 +0100, "Spack" <news@worldofspack.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >"Erik Setzer" <erks@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> >news:1ld471pmd530796mljubmcpph7m3u9m0jg@4ax.com...
>> >
>> >> It's a shame the pictures didn't turn out as well as I thought, it
>> >> kills the highlighting on the metal (and the Chappy's head). I wanted
>> >
>> >Get a small table lamp to shine on the figs, and turn off the camera
>> >flash.
>> >The lighting should be much more subdued and the pics should look less
>> >noisy, and detail won't get obscured in the glare. I tend to then use
>> >the
>> >Photoshop auto levels as it almost always improves the picture slightly.
>>
>> It's the bloody flash that's the problem! I used a lamp with GW
>> Reveal bulbs (blue-light) and directed them away from the figures.
>> But my dad insists on using the macro setting, which automatically
>> turns on the flash. Maybe I can find the manual to the camera and
>> figure out how to turn off the flash on macro.
>> -Erik
>>
> Take some black electrical tape and cover the flash...gads, do I have to
> do
> the thinking for Everyone around here...

No, just me.