This is a little short blog update to discuss a little trick you can use to add a little bit of extra interest to your miniatures photos. Nothing revolutionary in my view but some appreciation at Twitter, when I have revealed the method, has lead me to believe that perhaps someone else may find this useful.
Here are a few pictures I took of some of the Eastern Horse I will be using for the Poltava 1709 Battle. They are all 6mm models from Baccus form various codes from the Great Northern War and Ancient range.
Some of these models look better in the flesh than others, but I hope you agree that we can roughly see what is going on and that the background enhances the picture. It becomes a few blokes riding around the country side as opposed to a some miniatures on a 60 by 60 base. You may even wonder what they are up to!
There are many ways we could achieve this, including (1) having a fully “terrained” up table and using that as a backdrop, (2) using a background picture on a board (like the long side panels used for railway set-up with rolling terrain) or (3) using some green sheet in the background and then photoshop in a background.
I used neither of these methods, I just found a picture I liked on the internet, turned my coffee cup upside down (make sure it is empty) and placed the miniatures on it in front of the picture on the screen and snapped away – quick and easy.
A few things to note is that this works great for a few miniatures but it may be difficult to line up your whole army and get them all, I suppose you could set something up against you wide screen TV – I let you explore further.
This is a 54mm figure, so I guess it is not just a 6mm thing.
/ I hope that was of some use, a little cheers from my Paradise Island!
..or is it?
Have fun..
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That is brilliant- I can’t believe something so simple works so well.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete!
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Never thought of using the laptop screen. Great idea – I’ll have to try that soon!
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Hope it works well!, thanks for stopping by!
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That’s a great idea Per – thanks for sharing it as it had never occurred to me!
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Thanks Colin!
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That is clever.. i’ll try that next time!
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Many thanks Steve!
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Sometimes it is the simple ideas that are truly brilliant. Huge thumbs up and thanks for this idea.
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Many thanks Andy, hope you get some good use of it!
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Excellent
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Wow, I’ve been printing stuff and I could have just done this? What a cool trick!
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Thanks Mark, sorry for the print-outs!
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Clever…
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Laptop screen is a cunning idea! I used to use a printed out picture with a built wall in front of it, the laptop is a better proposition 🤟
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It is a simple thing but quick and efficient! It also provides additional backlight…
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I’ll definitely give this one a go. Thanks for the tip!
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Good luck!
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Thanks for the picture tip’s !
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You are welcome!
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So simple and elegant. I never would have thought to do this. Thank you!
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Thanks for checking it out!
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