Pics & Heroes - Toy Photography

[Marvellegendsguy]

Originally Posted by Team Jetfire

Dang dude, talk about starting with a bang. Beautiful stuff!

Yeah what a debut, “hi everyone, I’m new here, by the way I do amazing acba”

[66jedikiller66]

Great work!

[ghostlurk29]

Damn, I gotta buy that Deadly Origin Widow now.

[Alexander Quinn]

That pic of Storm is straight up a masterpiece. Great work, mate! And welcome to the boards.

[Toradoch]

Originally Posted by Marvellegendsguy

Yeah what a debut, “hi everyone, I’m new here, by the way I do amazing acba”

Haha...too kind, but I'm still on a long road to where those ACBA guys are. Love to learn from them, however.

Originally Posted by 66jedikiller66

Great work!

Thank you!

Originally Posted by ghostlurk29

Damn, I gotta buy that Deadly Origin Widow now.

It's a great figure for custom work, at that head looks so much like the 80s Hama Scarlett to me - it was an easy pick.

Originally Posted by Alexander Quinn

That pic of Storm is straight up a masterpiece. Great work, mate! And welcome to the boards.

Wow..thanks! High praise! She was one of the reasons I made my backlit 'cottonball wall', along with Gadriel from the Mythic Legions:

[canprime]

Originally Posted by Toradoch

Haha...too kind, but I'm still on a long road to where those ACBA guys are. Love to learn from them, however.


Thank you!



It's a great figure for custom work, at that head looks so much like the 80s Hama Scarlett to me - it was an easy pick.



Wow..thanks! High praise! She was one of the reasons I made my backlit 'cottonball wall', along with Gadriel from the Mythic Legions:

See this is why it is great to see these projects. I never in million year would have thought the backdrop was backlit cotton balls. Incredible. I'm probably just jaded by all the CGI magic we have nowadays. Sometimes the old ways are great.

[Toradoch]

Originally Posted by canprime

See this is why it is great to see these projects. I never in million year would have thought the backdrop was backlit cotton balls. Incredible. I'm probably just jaded by all the CGI magic we have nowadays. Sometimes the old ways are great.

Totally agree! Sometimes the practical backdrops just have that tangible quality you can't get from digital (or at least not unless you're a real ninja with the software and technique).

Here is a behind the scenes look at the set up:


It's just a cardboard frame with clear packing tape stretched across it. about 4 bags of jumbo cottonballs that have been teased out a bit are just stuck to the tape. Some secondary layers of cottonballs have been built up by spraying the first layer with spray adhesive, then layering on the second round of cottoballs. Once done, you just backlight the wall with any spotlights or floods you like for effect. Hope it helps and others perhaps give it a try themselves...it's a cheap, effective way to get some really fun scenes!

[Sharkdog]

Great work, welcome to the forums.

I always appreciate the behind the scene glimpses of setting up shots

[Toradoch]

Originally Posted by Sharkdog

Great work, welcome to the forums.

I always appreciate the behind the scene glimpses of setting up shots

Thanks! Glad to provide them. I appreciate it so much when others include them as well.