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It's ok BB, on my screen he's standing 7inches tall. I can get a REALLY good look.

And he looks nice.

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 bebopdrums2424 wrote:
@zambro: yo man thank you very much! I think they look neat all lined up and i cant wait till the unit is done!! But yeah, serious, no interest here for anything but spacemarines.... >_<

@Dr H: im still figuring it out. Thing is, if you view it from your iphone, or apple device, since i uploaded it that way, the pics are the size they are supposed to be if you just viewed it in photo gallery. But in the embed its too big.....and too up close....

so here's another shot at the finished collage and i hope this works out



Hope you like! Im stoked for this one and im really trying to figure out more consistent ways to photo because i end up spending too much time trying to take photos at the proper scale!

Cheers
BB

I mean, Dakka is very 40k-centric, even with all the other great stuff out there. I know personally, I am more likely to comment on a Space Marine, because I am more familiar with it than I am with Infinity robot-bunny man. But I still do definitely check it out, and enjoy seeing the process.

An wise former boss told me this once...

(paraphrasing)

Before you send your e-mail, imagine what you've written projected on the wall of a courtroom in letters six inches tall.

Dakka is like that, only with pictures.

@ Red: always happy for your comments red, they always have some good thoughts and pointers to perk my eyes in the right direction. And I agree, I think next two will be those colors exactly. I was at first thinking that i wanted them to in general orbit the typical nomad color scheme so I didn't get too far off, but now looking at the three i wish they were drastically differently colored. So the next two will be that way. As far as the pic sizes are concerned. I didn't photo the minis very close i just uploaded them from the gallery with the full size setting selected in the drop down. I actually prefer it because i did it from my ipad and the photos are large clear size in the embed. But when i viewed from my computer screen they looked HUGE compared to the text. For some reason on my apple devices, I prefer them.

@Dr H: 7 inche?? I guess thats like a 700% increase in size lol...

@whaley: Hey bud, yeah i hear you, and fear not, 40k is just around the corner for me! Ive got the little grumblings of inspiration to start a new army, but i have to dial in a painting approach that i like the look of but is very quick. So alot of thoughts are coming to mind....of course im open to suggestion. A cadian Police force is at the top of that list actually.....

@ GIts: Oh jeez, id be in jail by now if that were true (nah im just kidding)

So here's a question: Guys, just a little poll. How many of you view dakka from an apple device. Id like to know....and if possible, and youre by your computer, view this page and its pics on your iphone or ipad, then compare to the image on your computer monitor, and telll me if there is a difference in the photos....because to me the difference is huge but im wondering if its just my monitor (which is actually a 48" LED)
Just wondering about all this....
Thanks Guys
BB

What kind of differences are we talking? I can get a much larger view on my monitor without zooming like crazy, so the picture itself looks better.

I read your next maybe project as Canadian Police Force, and was excited to see 40k Mounties. You now can never live up to that brief moment of excitement.

I don't have any Apple products, but I can compare them on a 32" LCD TV @1080p to my Android phone (5" @900p, I think).
Both through Chrome.

Other than differences in brightness and contrast, I see no appreciable difference. Both are fine for me.

I prefer browsing on my pc as I can view more of a picture at once.

Same here. Same set-up too!

..other than brightness and contrast he says.... So yeah, those two things are definitely things i notice too...ah welll....thanks for checking fellas just trying to see where i can improve my photo game. im generally happy with it but as the artst who paints the stuff, im naturally over critical of whats displaying....cool..

@whaley; mounted cadian...as in nypd horse officers? ... could be done.... hadnt really thought of doinga rough riders themed army i suppose right? Its been a minute since ive played....6th ed to be exact.... so theres kind of an insane amount of rules that i need to be caught up with. My other idea is a water themed eldar army, and a Ork stormtrooper army thats counts as IG. Looted Chimeras etc but the orks would painted all clean like, not dirty grimy...Of course the other option to continue the space sharks i did but i know how you feel about those green base rims

 bebopdrums2424 wrote:
..other than brightness and contrast he says.... So yeah, those two things are definitely things i notice too...ah welll....

That is down to the relative settings of the different screens. Not to do with how they process the pictures. I could spend hours fiddling with the settings on them to make them match, and then there'd be no difference between the pictures on them. In terms of clarity, I can't see a difference.

I don't have any problems with your photos, BB. You can do a lot worse than you are (as many others on the internet will prove), and not a lot better (which is good).

 Gitsplitta wrote:
An wise former boss told me this once...

(paraphrasing)

Before you send your e-mail, imagine what you've written projected on the wall of a courtroom in letters six inches tall.

Dakka is like that, only with pictures.

Sig worthy. I don't have the space for it though.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
What kind of differences are we talking? I can get a much larger view on my monitor without zooming like crazy, so the picture itself looks better.

I read your next maybe project as Canadian Police Force, and was excited to see 40k Mounties. You now can never live up to that brief moment of excitement.

I've seen Infinity mounties. Seriously. Some guy on the Infinity forums did them. Very unusual. I can find the link, if you want, and Bebop doesn't mind if I post it in his thread.

Bebop, always happy to give positive suggestions. Photography comes down to lighting. Get the camera settings-- and use a proper camera too, not a phone and certainly not an iPad-- right. I use the timer function and a tripod for the final photos to avoid out of focus issues. The only thing that comes to mind is perhaps your photos are a bit under-exposed. Play with the ISO setting and the exposure settings until you are happy with what you see.

For browsing, I'm using a 17" Toshiba laptop, running Linux Mint, these days. Photos appear just fine to me, however, I am aware of the issues about color calibration. Different screens will have differences. Proper tools to manipulate color profiles are pricey and can be finicky to use. Don't drive yourself nuts worrying about it. We all know that painted minis, well-painted minis anyway, will always look better in person, and speaking for myself, I account for that.

Lots of edits. Tough typing day. Apologies

Still lurking in here Chadlance McBebop :-) loving what you've been doing paint wise but I'm a bit with Whaley here, I'm more likely to shower you with much well deserved praise if it's a model i'm personally connected too, not to say I don't follow and comment in my head :-)

Pics look fab here, no "I-stuff" here, but phone, windows tablet and computer on TV screen and all look good, though best is the Surface 3, comes down to the screen I guess, photo's are fine.

Try to comment, but not sure how many times I can type "OHMYGODTHATSSOINCREDIBLEHOWTHEHELLDOYOUDOTHATMAN!!!" Between You, Nerdy, Jan and a dozen other wonderful artists it gets repetitive, personally don't care what the model is it is all about the modelling or painting for me.

These current batch look amazing, I think you fairly nailed the Non Shiny Shiny (NSS) look on the purple.

Gents, thanks for kind words. And i do understand, the site is after all called dakka dakka, not neotokyo pew pew, so no worries.

So maybe, i just decided to see whats going on with40k, and ill be honest the little grumblings of inspiration have set in, and a buddy of mine explained it well. He said, when i asked him why doesn't he play infinity with me, and he responded that there's just something about a whole giant army that i like more than just a few guys. He's got a point. So im gonna do some eldar and see where that gets me. I know i want to do an aqua theme and i kinda have this like coral reef thought in my mind. This model below is just a test and far from what id say my normal standard of painting is. But to be fair it hasn't taken me that long to do it so, thats a good thing. What do you guys think? Im very open to suggestions....this is just the first test i like, but sloppy....and probably less detailed than i want....also the base is super funny, I dunno i kinda like it, its supposed to be kinda tropical sand ocean floor vibe lol....i dunnoooooooooo



I'll provide some more pics later....just getting the first opinions in.

Like the colour choices. And could see the bases being very exotic. Oh and if that is standard for troops and speed painted, awesome. Remember try to not get bogged down with perfection on troops.

Infinity dudes look great. Really like the group shot.

The Eldar dude is looking fantastic too, really interesting scheme. I especially like the gradient on the gun, really eye catching.

EDC

It's a very nice scheme, and those same colours and gradients applied to some of the larger Eldar models like the tanks or Wraith constructs would look stunning.

The base I think needs some contrast, at the moment it's a green-blue mini on a blue-green base... Some orangey-red coral or seaweed or something like that would cement the theme while adding some pop to the whole piece.

I think its a beautifully done model. Love the color scheme. The base color is great, but you might think about adding some other elements to it to really push the model over the edge. Red, orange or yellow bits would compliment the color scheme nicely.

Very nice scheme, and always happy to see more Eldar in the world (we're a dying race don't you know!).

Looking forward to some stunning models

Interesting scheme. Maybe a little to Miami Vice for my tastes. I think the crest and face plate in black (to match the gun) and soul stones all in the lime green would reign it in some but still have that color punch.

Thanks for thoughts guys! I agree absolutely with y'all about the base needing some little things on it. I actually have this p3 or whatever tub of red yellow and orange clumps that i wanted to use for corals, i cant FIND it!!! So we were alll on the right page with that one....

Whaley, i took your advice with the black face plate which i prefer, i just have to redo the eyes.

Ok, so here's just a little more, obviously just showing off the back and the sash, which i will actually do much better it was sort of an experiment here that i ended up liking, but the execution was wonky. No worries, again, speed painting here and ill have to quite a few more of these guys obvi..... here's just a few pics. My concern now though, is the base is too close in color to the sash. So either the sash changes or the base does,.....i could just do the sashs in grey like the gun and faceplate? Or should i change the base?? Excuse the crap photos did this in a hurry before splitting the house...

I'm really surprised how much the minor change balances it out more.

Looks almost like a Mymeara Dire Avenger, the Craftworld FW likes to use.

For the bases, maybe invert what you were thinking? Orange "ground" with teal, blue, purple plant things. that with a black rim would jump up the punch I think.

See, I totally comment on models I know better.

Cool, so MB Pink, MB Red, and MB Purple are done, what color is next for the MB Team?

Aqua and Light Blue or Green.

I also like the black face better. The rifle looks fantastic!

And echo the input about the base: it needs something that says "aquatic". Right now it looks kind of like astroturf...

Can you explain what you've got going on with the crest? Is it blackish blue on the sides and a purple to red gradient on the top?

Your DA looks fantastic, I especially love the top coloured bar on his shuriken catapult. The colours work well together on the model. My only critique is the base is too closely coloured to the model, they bleed into each other in my opinion. I'd try to go with something on the base to contrast with the model itself. You use a lot of cold colours on the model so some hot colours on the base would stand out. Coral reds would looks nice I think, not too many of them but just enough to distinguish the ground he's on.

you guyssssss, i was totally planning to do such a thing and i vant find my tub of orange and red and tellow clumpies! grawr. Ill have to amazon it. i need dullcoat anyways. hopefully in a few days ill be ablet ot show that with the base as it should be. But as they say, great minds think alike!

ok hes all done exccept for the base, ready to rinse wash and repeat....i pushed the darker blue of the sash up and m,ottled it to make it look, hmmm.... seaweedy....also settled on the little tassles...its a little extra work but looks nice

oh fath,. your seeing a mix of the actual shadow and also the zentithal showing through, i letft it dark on purpose though...i like the transition with the white pink in the middle. i took a close up so you can see better, which im loathe to do btw, im speed painting here so theres things......








Cheers, next post you should hopefully see more finished dudes!
<3
Bebop

Wow, really diving back into 40k there! Awesome looking DA!

Yo Zambro thanks man yeah it's gonna be a fun project and I'm excited to get back into 40k and see a new army come to fruition!

So im feeling more confident painting these guys, and I'm pleased with the results of the next, 2 of 5 dire avengers. Still a bit to do but what are yalls thoughts? I'll take more pics later, the ones I shot tonight are not very good and it's late >_<

It's a great scheme, really does have an elvish feel to it. Of course your work is excellent as usual, good to see you working quite quickly as well.

Great scheme well executed I love the sort of near-pastel colour palette. Works really well on eldar for some reason it seems more realistic to me than vibrant block colours...