2017 July 22:
I decided to enter my Lord Curr's Company into the Historicon 2017 Painting Competition, just on a lark and see how my regular painting stood up. I originally planned to enter these guys last year, but we got stuck in traffic and missed the entry window.
I was determined not to miss it this year so we got down there a day early.
Unexpectedly, I placed 3rd in the Fantasy/Steampunk Unit category! I was stunned.
There's a decent chance that some of the figures might show up in the Wargames Illustrated issue that shows the winners in a few months!
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| 3rd place! |
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| Finally got some hardware |
Original post:
2016 August 26
About a year ago I began working on my company for In Her Majesty's Name. I bought and painted Lord Curr's Company, but somehow when I finished I forgot to post pics of the completed figs.
So...I used this opportunity to experiment with natural outdoor lighting. I set up the Foldio lightbox but didn't use the LED light; instead I angled the box to have the sun shining into the box. This posed a new set of challenges dealing with the natural shadows cast, especially from my hands holding the camera. Because I was fighting the shadows and was running out of time, I didn't get great pictures of each fig.
Shadows aside, it was amazing the difference natural light had on the colors of the figures compared to the general yellow tinting you get from light bulbs (even the LED lights still seem to impart some color on the lighting).
Lastly, I want to thank Kevin Dallimore who answered a few questions about paint colors which helped me get the right tone for the blue uniformed Incorrigible.
Anyways, on to the pictures!
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| Lord Curr and his Company |
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| The big man, Lord Edward Ronan Curr himself |
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| Incorrigible |
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| Incorrigible |
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| Incorrigible |
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| Lady Felicity, a.k.a. Two Gun Tess |
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| Mad Mick McFarlane |
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| Sgt. Something or Other... |
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| Mohan Singh |
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| Incorrigible |
Re: Yellow light: Use milky white lightbulbs, and make sure to use the tungsten/indoor setting on your camera - otherwise you'll get that yellowish tint in your photos. I do not claim to be an expert photographer, but I get very nice results with the set-up described here: http://argonor-wargames.blogspot.dk/search/label/Photography
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tips. (sorry for the delay, I just saw this comment). I've gotten better with the lighting recently. Setting the white balance on the camera has really helped, and i've completely switched to daylight LEDs.
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