ThePhotogsBlog wrote:I am just blown away by what you've created here! You have outdone yourself this time. While photographically speaking, I find the lighting a bit flat and sometimes a little too dark for my tastes, in terms of composition and creativity and in creating a well-connected series of images, you deserve an A+. The detail of the garage....is just stupendous. It must have cost a fortune to build but you've thought of everything!
Thank you!!! So glad you're enjoying. With photography, I know that lighting is my biggest weakness. This was all done with either natural light during the day, or a couple of studio light and otherwise just the diorama's own lighting at night. I'd been considering some of the Lume Cubes, but damn they're pricey, and that's money I could be spending on figures. Blackpool made some great suggestions on here about using some of those Ikea RGB LED spots, and I want to give that a shot as a more affordable alternative. And his photos are always killer, so that's proof of concept right there. As far as cost, it's so hard to say. I've been accruing stuff like tools for so many years, so there wasn't a ton I had to buy just for this. I buy huge sheets of insulation foam for the walls, ceiling and floor, and there's a lot of wood and paper. Hell, that yellow compressor is an old vitamin bottle and broken toy bits. Looking at it, I probably have dropped a chunk on building it, I just did it over SUCH a long time, I didn't notice.
Ovy wrote:Again there is so much to say or write about this, I didn't know where to start and do all your great work justice.
Now that I have calmed myself down I can be more rational.
So here is a list pointing out details I like!
- the toolbelt
- goggles
- boots of power
- light sources
- photo filter stuff and overall quality
- the typewriter
- the love
- everything bike
- him sitting on the bike like a boy on Christmas
- chainsword and gun on bike
- Marrows weirdness and swinging
- Marrows bunny
- Marrows backside panty placement
- hooks and chains
- everything welding/cooking
- the workbench
- aliens technology
- the atmosphere those bricks create
- etc.
What I'd like to see in future
- hints of the outside world through holes in the glass, open garage door or something
- wrist joint covering for Kit. As a mechanic and welder she could really sport some (oversized?) working gloves. And maybe a bandana to protect the hair while welding.
- Expression heads would be awesome some day
- someone wearing that yellow welding apron on the wall
- more female hairstyle variation
-the goggles are very cool, but imagine the wild red hair flowing behind a real face covering welding mask.
- another set of underclothes for kit so she doesn't have to wear the same set every day. But maybe she is washing them every two days, only wearing her dungarees while they are drying. I think we all could live with that. It's the apocalypse after all.
- dirt and grime on clothes and bodies, maybe something that can be washed of if not desired anymore
- postapoc clothing mods for the cat like unnecessary extra armor, spike tail and eyepatch.
Thank you Ovy! I'm glad you dig it and that the list of stuff you like is the longer one! Marrow is a bit off (years alone in the wasteland will do that to you), has pretty much no self restraint when it comes to thing she just wants to climb or swing from, and she's not very self conscious about much, like her butt showing. And she very much loves Dodge the bunny. And you're right, Saint Crow is definitely kid-on-Christmas happy.
As for what you'd like to see.
- hints of the outside world through holes in the glass, open garage door or somethingWe'd actually been talking about this a bit above, and I haven't decided if I want to use a printable background for outside (Hard to light right in the back there) or a screen (hard to get a screen and a 4' wide diorama to line up). But I'm always looking for places to shoot outside that would work for a post apocalyptic backdrop. Although I'm not going anywhere until it warms up a bit.
- wrist joint covering for Kit. As a mechanic and welder she could really sport some (oversized?) working gloves. And maybe a bandana to protect the hair while welding. The wrist joints really just don't bother me that much. I think coming up when figures were nothing but ugly joints, that little wrist seam is so minor to me. The bandana crossed my mind, although I don't want to go too Rosie the Riveter.
- Expression heads would be awesome some dayExpression heads would be great, but having a variety of expressions with the same likeness is unfortunately too good to be true, without commissioning all my own heads. And I ain't that rich.
- someone wearing that yellow welding apron on the wallGotta save something for future photo shoots, right?
- more female hairstyle variationYeah, both Kit and Marrow pretty much just let their hair go wild. Saint Crow is a little more concerned with pomade and the perfect pompadour. Don't worry though, I have a bunch more character coming, and some of them actually care a bit about their hair.
-the goggles are very cool, but imagine the wild red hair flowing behind a real face covering welding mask.Welding mask would be really fun. I'll keep an eye out for one, or think about taking a crack at making one.
- another set of underclothes for kit so she doesn't have to wear the same set every day. But maybe she is washing them every two days, only wearing her dungarees while they are drying. I think we all could live with that. It's the apocalypse after all.No one has clean underwear in the apocalypse!
Although maybe a laundry day photoshoot is in order...
- dirt and grime on clothes and bodies, maybe something that can be washed of if not desired anymoreThose seamless bodies stain way too easily. Although it's subtle, these are actually more stained and grimey than you think, just from handling and the weathering on the clothes transferring. It's a tough line to walk, and they can get unpleasantly filthy way too easily. I think it's about as far down that path as I'm going to go.
- postapoc clothing mods for the cat like unnecessary extra armor, spike tail and eyepatch.Ive actually been considering something along these lines, in relation to another character. Couldn't decide if it was too silly or not. I guess you'll have to just stay tuned to find out!