bad attempt at shooting toys [Archive]

kamion

28-01-2007, 12:15

Seeing Liberalis' posts on his model cars, thought I'd give it a go with my Macross Valkyries. First time using Photoshop quick mask (I think it should be called painful mask), and here's my attempt. Long way to go yet. :lol:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/KamionCTR/Misc/Valkyrie_sky_800x533.jpg

Marianne

28-01-2007, 12:39

thunderbirds are go!!

kamion

28-01-2007, 12:56

:lol: It's not Thunderbirds. :p

Warspite

28-01-2007, 13:11

Looks like Gundam to me, also looks very good, think the white balance might be a little on the tungsten side, but with some tweaking I think this will looks absolutely perfect :thumbs:

kamion

28-01-2007, 15:12

Yes, you're right! Colours tweaked.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/KamionCTR/Misc/Valkyrie_sky_800x533-1.jpg

Grendel

28-01-2007, 15:47

I think you've done a great job with that Kamion :thumbs:

Warspite

28-01-2007, 18:37

Looks much better with the tweak :thumbs:

kamion

28-01-2007, 19:48

hehe. This is fun! Here's another one... combined with a shot of the moon I did a few months ago! :D

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/KamionCTR/Misc/Valkyrie_moon_800x533.jpg

oldgit

28-01-2007, 20:20

The Moon one is better. It fits better with the background (tho the lighting is from the wrong direction a bit).

Watch your cut and snipping.. 1 or 2 pixes feather will soften the hard edges and then with a little effort with some masking and blurr youc "could" add some jet exhausts.

kamion

28-01-2007, 21:58

I used the "gaussian blur" to try to soften the edges a bit. Where do I find this "feather" blur in Photoshop CS2?

Ok, here's my latest.

ROFL. :lol:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/KamionCTR/Misc/ValkyrieonCarrier_569x800.jpg

oldgit

28-01-2007, 22:16

Feather your selection. Numpty :D
(eggs, mothers and sucking thereof?)

kamion

28-01-2007, 22:20

Ahhhh! I was looking under "Filters" for the Feather option. :nuts: Didn't know it was part of the "Select" menu. :bonk:

Thanks! :D

oldgit

28-01-2007, 22:21

HTH :)

Sherlock_Holmes

30-01-2007, 23:36

Brilliant love them the last one is grate:thumbs:

Venomator

31-01-2007, 04:19

Great effects you're achieving there Kamion ... interesting to say the least ... :thumbs:

Nicely played ... ;)

:p

kamion

31-01-2007, 11:28

Thanks for the comments guys. :) It was good fun playing with Photoshop. :D Might play with it some more to try out Paul's suggestion with feathering and adding "jet exhaust".

31-01-2007, 11:56

Well done! :clap:

photostar_1

31-01-2007, 13:46

thunderbirds are go!!

I was thinking more along the lines of Captain Scarlett :lol:

Jonnyreb

31-01-2007, 13:49

:clap: lol - nice work

Liberalis

31-01-2007, 17:40

Couldn't resist a play. Tidy work Kamion

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/Liberalis/Image2-3.jpg

kamion

31-01-2007, 20:06

omg! :eek: :eek: :eek:

:notworthy:

Just shows how much I have yet to learn! :lol:

Thanks for that, Liberalis! :thumbs:

Diego Garcia

31-01-2007, 23:10

Love the shoes, love the bag, love everything....

Nice work.

Paul Blythe

01-02-2007, 21:39

Oh my, that does look a bit good. A fantastic bit of modeling along with the photos.

When I joined the forum I didn't expect to see a Gundam Fighter being used as a subject, nice.

kamion

02-02-2007, 13:18

Thanks for the comment.... but it's not Gundam! :p

:lol:

See here:
Macrosshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macross

Paul Blythe

02-02-2007, 21:41

Got that on VHS somewhere :lol:

It was Warspite's post that threw me after reading your original post. Is it from be the original series then, or the latter Macross II, Macross Plus or Macross 7?

kamion

02-02-2007, 22:37

Well, the Valkyrie design is from the original Macross series, but the paint scheme is a "custom" by the toy manufacturer and never appeared on the series.

We're really showing our true geeky side now, Paul. :geek: