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 Midget Gems wrote:
Similar to my set up (minus your wife)

I should hope so.

so I think I put in about 10 votes again this month, let's see...JamesY, n1ceguypaul, Keezus, Bottle, Manalishi, Moolet, DanceOfSlaanesh, Modock, Melcavuk, albinoork....there's a lot of people that probably should've gotten more votes, probably a few more I should've voted for too, in hindsight...but man, the pictures make such a difference, especially in a theme like this, where we're all painting space marines...38 space marine entries, you've really gotta stand out!...still, great work again everyone! ...and thanks to everyone who voted/commented on mine

...and since we seem to be discussing our photo setups...mine was really just a fluke, I'm just using the camera on my LG G5 phone, it's got some pretty ideal settings, I know nothing about them, but I got it to work ...it has a close-up setting, and manual focus, so you can get right in close and tune it in all super-crisp...then there's an "ISO" slider too...which seems to effect how much light it absorbs? dunno....but I just stick my model under my magnifier desk lamp, which is a ~6" ring of real bright LED's...I lower that really close to the model, so it's suuuper bright, then turn the ISO slider on my phone camera all the way down, tune the focus in, and it captures all the detail, really well lit - but not too overexposed...pretty happy with how my pics turned out honestly - not bad for a phone camera and a desklamp and some settings-fiddling anyway

My setup is really cheap and simple. Just a pair of reading lamps, some white sheets of paper taped to the wall and table, and a $60 Polaroid iE826 camera. It is good enough to get me 4 votes, although after looking two of those votes were people who voted for everyone. My painting is rather lackluster as well, though, but it is a far cry from where I was when these challenges started, so I'm satisfied.

I see this challenge is getting bigger and bigger. Huge amount of entries this round. Even though there are mostly space marines is great
to see so much diversity in paint jobs.
It was impossible for me to vote for only 5 entrants.



Here are my votes:

Zobo: Very precise and crisp paint job. I like the green shade for the armor a lot. Well done.

JamesY: A charactful and dinamic marine. Nice work on the axe.

Keezus: This is a really good entry. Great blends mate especially on the sword and feet. Maybe (not ) you could add some saturated colors
to break all greys and blues. Also nice glow effects. This really deserves more votes. Probably did not cause it's not a marine.

Paradigm: Great atmosphere and overall tone on the mini. Suits perfectly. IMO your best since the terminator you did in october.

feltmonkey: Nice clean paint job. I like the red armor and the cloak goes well with it. The staff head is also accurately painted.

Chris56: Interesting diorama. Those converted marines look really good.

Bottle: I can't believe those pictures are taken with an iphone. Mindblown... Your regular high quality paint job, It's like looking on games workshop
web page. The face of Drenn is really impressive. It Looks alive. Bravo!!

Moolet: A visually stunning predator. You did a great job on the weathering. Also good touch on the flamethrower with it's burned nozzle.

albinoork: A bold color scheme I give you that , I like it. Nice blends on the mini particularly on the wings.



Special thanks to Bottle, Guildenstern, feltmonkey, Chris56 for taking the time to comment on my entry and to everybody who voted for me.
Bye till next time.

Forgot to announce the winners yesterday, here they are!

In joint third place,


Bottle's Deathwatch Veterans





And Paradigm's Watch Master (go Deathwatch!)



In second, a point ahead, Melcavuk's awesome Abbadon Ascendant


And out in front, ZoBo with Vulkan of the Salamanders












Great set of entries this month, congratulations and thanks to everyone who took part! See you next month!

Congrats Zobo! You really stole the show! Also a special mention to all the entries that raced me and Para to 3rd! There was only a few votes in it which speaks of the high quality we had this month!

Great work everyone!

congrats Bottle, Para, Melcavuk and Zobo and everyone really such a good month.

Also I forgot to thank you Zobo for filling in for Para, very much appreciated

and also almost forgot to vote for everyone's entries on then gallery, done that now.

Congrats to the winners, and to everyone who took part. An unbelievably high-quality month. I hope some of the new people who joined for this month will stick around an enter a few more as well.