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Okay well I have tried 3 times now to make a light box and i think I finally got it right here is a unit of Vampire counts black knights that I took using light box 2 and light box 3 which looks better?

C&C welcome =)


a



b

Go with B. Whites generally an easier colour to photograph against. Also you cant tell where the floor ends and the wall begins

Pic a has a lot of sensor noise in the dark background.

Good Snow

it was done using woodlands scenics foam putty its a little messy but over all very nice effecct =)

Definitely picture b, but I would take the photo at a slight angle as horses somehow don't look right photographed straight on, especially when you can see all the way through their ribcages!

Change the angle of your light source, or the number of light sources. I use a single halogen desk lamp with the light plate removed. Turned up to max Insta-Kills shadows. Like taking an earthshaker to a Grot.

In a. your light seems to be better placed, but I don't like the black background it takes away from the photo. Looks grainy.

In b. The background is great makes for very clear lines. However the lighting seems to be off, as there are to many shadows on the models.

PC Veteran wrote:In a. your light seems to be better placed, but I don't like the black background it takes away from the photo. Looks grainy.

In b. The background is great makes for very clear lines. However the lighting seems to be off, as there are to many shadows on the models.

Seconded. Take the lighting from a. and the background from b. and you're there. Plus, as mentioned before, take the pic from a slightly downward and one-quarter angle rather than straight-on.

well being that i take pictures of parts i get in at my work we have a huge light box as you call it and ive been taking pictures for a year there now and i can tell you that black and white will be needed depending on the colors of your minis. black will almost always look fuzzy unless you have a program to make that go away like photoshop. what im trying to say is lighter colors work good with a black background and darker colors work good with a white background. thats what ive learned but i guess it depends on the camera also and of course the light that you use.

Well I made it for 10 bucks or less and it was only my 1st pic lol, so I still have to towy with it =P