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I totally need to play that guy, its been forever. Quick question tho, why not paint the stuff on the centurions legs?

 Skimask Mohawk wrote:
I totally need to play that guy, its been forever. Quick question tho, why not paint the stuff on the centurions legs?

Too much flash/flair, they already look like pimpqueens. I might give'm a better highlight but I don't really wanna, I can only imagine how bad it would have been with the iron kilts.

1500 point game vs an00bis's nod themed guard. It was a good game, we both were pretty static, I luckde out and had more terrain in which to hide from barrage. Final score was 9 to 5, he had one objective as well as first blood and warlord, I had 3 objectives. The new camera is pretty sweet, the depth of field is a bit limiting in a few shots but I love the extra colour control it allows for. It seems to produce a bit more pleasing video than the 300hs.

 Agent_Tremolo wrote:
Just popping in to say this thread is becoming one of my favorite bits of Dakka. Keep up the good work, sirs.

Likewise. I've been following this thread for a while and it never disappoints.

Keep having fun and sharing it with us!

UnadoptedPuppy wrote:

 Agent_Tremolo wrote:
Just popping in to say this thread is becoming one of my favorite bits of Dakka. Keep up the good work, sirs.

Likewise. I've been following this thread for a while and it never disappoints.

Keep having fun and sharing it with us!

Thanks mang, 10-4 on both

more shots comin, likely this weekend

2000pt single foc game, skimask mohawk's raven guard vs an00bis's tau. I won't spoil it, there's a batrep incoming )

Setup the arid terrain for this one. It was a nice change of scenery from the usual urban setup. I went for fewer los blockers and more low cover to give the table a more rural setting, even a couple pieces of area terrain (quite rare for us to play with other than for vehicle craters). Tossed in some pegasus rivers and bridges to really make it pop. An00bis got a second ripdite painted, he finnished hours before the game. Skimask is sporting his new count as tigerius model, turned out really cool, the paintjob on the head and face is badass.

Man I got smoked in that game, was still pretty fun and his scratch built riptide looks sick

I love the forest terrain. It is so much better than the standard city fight set up;

 Silverthorne wrote:
I love the forest terrain. It is so much better than the standard city fight set up;

It looks pretty, but city fight generally plays a whole lot better imo

 Silverthorne wrote:
I love the forest terrain. It is so much better than the standard city fight set up;

It's pretty but I find it plays far worse, the rules for area terrain are pretty terrible IMO. But it is hella pretty and makes for cool pictures.

Love that first shot of the Pathfinders, did you bust out the mood lighting for that one?

 Andilus Greatsword wrote:
Love that first shot of the Pathfinders, did you bust out the mood lighting for that one?

Nope, ran out of triple AAA's. Gonna pick some up soon though.

Do you have any recommendations on cameras for this kind of photography?

Eldercaveman wrote:
Do you have any recommendations on cameras for this kind of photography?

My bias is generally towards canon, but really a lot of that is familiarity with their menus and enjoyment that they rarely try to re-invent the wheel from camera to camera.

Realistically any small "point and shoot" should work for ya due to the smaller sensors they are more ideal for taking pictures of small things while maintaining a pretty good depth of field (range of what is in focus), it's more about technique and context than camera model in the end.

Regardless of what point and shoot compact camera you get, this right here is an absolute must have:



You really don't want to be hand holding the camera, gotta put it down and on delayed so that there is zero motion.


http://www.jessops.com/online.store/categories/products/canon/ixus-265-hs-digital-camera-in-black-90098/show.html That's probably worth looking at, if price isn't an issue an s100, 110 or 120 would be great choices.

 Crablezworth wrote:

Eldercaveman wrote:
Do you have any recommendations on cameras for this kind of photography?

My bias is generally towards canon, but really a lot of that is familiarity with their menus and enjoyment that they rarely try to re-invent the wheel from camera to camera.

Realistically any small "point and shoot" should work for ya due to the smaller sensors they are more ideal for taking pictures of small things while maintaining a pretty good depth of field (range of what is in focus), it's more about technique and context than camera model in the end.

Regardless of what point and shoot compact camera you get, this right here is an absolute must have:



You really don't want to be hand holding the camera, gotta put it down and on delayed so that there is zero motion.


http://www.jessops.com/online.store/categories/products/canon/ixus-265-hs-digital-camera-in-black-90098/show.html That's probably worth looking at, if price isn't an issue an s100, 110 or 120 would be great choices.

Cheers man, what would recommend if price isn't an issue, the one you links or a S100? Also what is the name of the tripod?

Would a gorilla pod do similar job?

I would highly reccomend the s100, only problem is you'd have to find one on ebay. I believe the current iteration of it is the s120. It may also have a different name in europe. The little tripod is a manfrotto MP3-D01. A gorilla pod should work ok, it may be more difficult to get it into tight spots but at the end of the day what matters is that the camera is braced and in no way moving during the shot.

I'm kind of stupid when it comes to the finer points of photography settings, but I bought a Canon PowerShot A1400 on sale for just over $100, and followed Crablezworth's instructions at the start of the thread. Basically any digital point-and-shoot where you can customize the settings puts out fantastic miniature photography (although it can be annoying having to fiddle with the settings every time).

Ha, loving the Anvil Bad Santa!

I can get a s100 from amazon UK for 165 I thibk. Is there much difference that will effect this type of photography between the s100 and the ones further up in the line?

Eldercaveman wrote:
I can get a s100 from amazon UK for 165 I thibk. Is there much difference that will effect this type of photography between the s100 and the ones further up in the line?

Nope, in fact the s110 is worse than the s100 in a lot of ways. The s120 will have slightly better colour and a slightly wider dynamic range. The difference in low light performance is neglible.

 Crablezworth wrote:

Eldercaveman wrote:
I can get a s100 from amazon UK for 165 I thibk. Is there much difference that will effect this type of photography between the s100 and the ones further up in the line?

Nope, in fact the s110 is worse than the s100 in a lot of ways. The s120 will have slightly better colour and a slightly wider dynamic range. The difference in low light performance is neglible.

What is the basic spec I should be looking for if I want to go elsewhere? Sorry for all the questions

Well you don't want the sensor to get too big, which is highly unusual because usually the larger the sensor the better. So it's important to stick with compact cameras, generally point and shoots. If you don't it will be a pain in the but keeping a meaningful amount of models in focus. I can see a marked difference in the depth of field (range of what is in focus) since upgrade to the s100 for the 330hs. Two things account of that, slightly bigger sensor and a lens that is 1 stop faster (f/2.8-f/2.0).

Sony make fantastic cameras, if you really want to spoil yourself they make one of the best little cameras in the world the rx100 or rx100 version 2. But really if game or model pix is the only likely end use I wouldn't break the bank, even entry level point and shoots should take decent pictures as long as you brace the camera or use a tripod and delayed shutter.

So would something like this do the job http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/41159716/884188239/-/ListingDetails.html?_%24ja=tsid:13315%7Ccat:41159716%7Cprd:41159716&$$ja=cgid:7111954017%7Ctsid:48121%7Ccid:130773177%7Clid:54119190777%7Cnw:g%7Ccrid:22715959257%7Crnd:725653325123727603%7Cdvc:t%7Cadp:1o7%7Cmt:

For now the majority of the photos will be game and model photos, but I do a lot of back packing so I could do with the versatility of it being able to take nice scenic photos.

That should work, seems decent for the price. Lemme know how it works out for ya.

So this happened. Batrep's in the oven, should be ready shortly. I took on Skimask Mohaw's chaos marines and LUTNIT's farsight enclave with my orks. We discovered a mythical and a glorious thing we've come to call assault.

Sick game, tho I just noticed there's a lot of chipping on typus' horn, gotta go fix that

Assault in 6th ed? Nah, that can't possibly have happened!

Now kiss:

Heh, it kinda does look like they're kissing. Batrep should be up tonight.

by Mork, i just ruined my point and shoot camera (quiet a good one) while i was drunk as feth last holiday and rolled in the snow or a stream (i was soaking wet and walking alone in unknown direction is the first thing i remember after a gap of prob. 1 hour in my memory)

Those bastards put some alcohol in my rum!!

.. now i totally regret it...

Andilus greatsword made a trip down to my neck of the woods and brought 2000pts of nids. I guess I better write a guest article for bols about how there's nothing wrong with nid dex seeing as he kicked my orks in the butt pretty good. It was a damn good game, I went way too wide on the right flank and he made me pay dearly for that. Swarmlord is still a combat pimp.