I’ve been behind. Some nice “intro” style photos of your gals. Nicely done, Gary.
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53 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Thu Sep 21, 2023 6:20 pm
ThePhotogsBlog
diablos 1 by Gary Menten, on Flickr
don't even think about it by Gary Menten, on Flickr
54 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Thu Sep 21, 2023 6:42 pm
Stryker2012
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Nice shots, Gary. Diablos looks excellent and the lighting is perfect.
55 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:01 pm
ThePhotogsBlog
Creepy places by Gary Menten, on Flickr
56 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Thu Sep 21, 2023 8:24 pm
BAMComix
The walls look fantastic Gary! All your hard work really paid off!
57 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Thu Sep 21, 2023 9:39 pm
davidd
The "Diablos" figure looks truly terrifying! A job well done on that custom!
Excellent posing and ominous lighting, successfully making a "cartoonish" action figure appear genuinely intimidating.
Excellent posing and ominous lighting, successfully making a "cartoonish" action figure appear genuinely intimidating.
58 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Thu Sep 21, 2023 11:36 pm
ThePhotogsBlog
Stryker2012 wrote:Nice shots, Gary. Diablos looks excellent and the lighting is perfect.
If you want to make someone look sinister, the best way is to light from down low using harsh, raw lights without diffusion.
59 Ambush at the ruins. Fri Sep 22, 2023 4:55 pm
ThePhotogsBlog
ambush by Gary Menten, on Flickr
This was shot as a test of my recently carved stone wall sections.
60 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Fri Sep 22, 2023 5:20 pm
GubernatorFan
Founding Father
The stone wall sections look excellent.
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61 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Fri Sep 22, 2023 6:28 pm
davidd
Wow! You've really upped your diorama game!
Nice foliage, excellent posing, the girls' uniforms are plausible in a military fantasy (or Cuban Rebel Girl) style, and the sense of depth and distance is entirely believable; this is a great picture! Lots of fun!
I take it you constructed this set, which conveys a sense of a very large space, in relatively tight quarters? Impressive work.
Did you use insulation foam for the wall sections? What tools did you use for carving and shaping?
Nice foliage, excellent posing, the girls' uniforms are plausible in a military fantasy (or Cuban Rebel Girl) style, and the sense of depth and distance is entirely believable; this is a great picture! Lots of fun!
I take it you constructed this set, which conveys a sense of a very large space, in relatively tight quarters? Impressive work.
Did you use insulation foam for the wall sections? What tools did you use for carving and shaping?
62 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:31 pm
ThePhotogsBlog
davidd wrote:Wow! You've really upped your diorama game!
Nice foliage, excellent posing, the girls' uniforms are plausible in a military fantasy (or Cuban Rebel Girl) style, and the sense of depth and distance is entirely believable; this is a great picture! Lots of fun!
I take it you constructed this set, which conveys a sense of a very large space, in relatively tight quarters? Impressive work.
Did you use insulation foam for the wall sections? What tools did you use for carving and shaping?
The material is 1" thick foam insulation that my local Home Depot store sells in 2' by 2' sections.
https://www.homedepot.ca/product/owens-corning-foamular-24-inch-x-24-inch-foam-insulation-project-panel-mold-and-moisture-resistant/1000845392
Tools are an X-Acto knife with #11 blade, a steel ruler, a graphite pencil, tin-foil balls to give the stone texture and various paint brushes.
63 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:15 pm
Ovy
Agree, beautiful multi layered diorama. Ruins and broken walls are a great way of showing just enough of a background image to create the atmosphere without making it too dominant.
64 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:30 pm
ThePhotogsBlog
Ovy wrote:Agree, beautiful multi layered diorama. Ruins and broken walls are a great way of showing just enough of a background image to create the atmosphere without making it too dominant.
and the reality is....
_DSC0019_0039 copy by Gary Menten, on Flickr
_DSC0021_0040 copy by Gary Menten, on Flickr
66 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Sat Sep 23, 2023 12:16 am
davidd
Is a story in the works?
Thanks for the behind-the-scenes glimpse. For me, seeing the making-of doesn't spoil the magic, it makes it all the more impressive.
Thanks for the behind-the-scenes glimpse. For me, seeing the making-of doesn't spoil the magic, it makes it all the more impressive.
67 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Sat Sep 23, 2023 2:38 am
ThePhotogsBlog
Kamiko shooting by Gary Menten, on Flickr
69 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Sat Sep 23, 2023 10:51 pm
Tanzenwolfe
Fantastic stone walls and foliage, I also like seeing the wider reality shot of how you set it up!
70 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Mon Sep 25, 2023 2:32 pm
ThePhotogsBlog
Tanzenwolfe wrote:Fantastic stone walls and foliage, I also like seeing the wider reality shot of how you set it up!
While 1/6 scale figures take up a lot of space compared to smaller ones you can still pack a lot into a small scene if you know how. It's not any different.
71 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Mon Sep 25, 2023 10:18 pm
Stryker2012
Founding Father
That's great. I love seeing how folks put the pics together. It's helpful to a rookie like me when it comes to that sort of thing.
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72 Professor Champion Tells a Tall Tale Sun Oct 01, 2023 10:20 pm
ThePhotogsBlog
Victor Champion 5 by Gary Menten, on Flickr
74 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:55 pm
ThePhotogsBlog
BAMComix wrote:I see Victor is setting in well!
He is after all, on a tropical island, populated chiefly by beautiful women, with no nasty Arangapanga tribesmen to contend with.
75 Quite Invigorating Mon Oct 09, 2023 3:23 am
ThePhotogsBlog
Not satisfied with the crappy "kung fu" hands that come with Phicen male figures, I ordered a some molded gloved hands to replace them, but won't likely have my hand on them for three weeks. In the meantime, I've created some short gauntlet hands using some of the spare hands I have for other figures, some Milliput epoxy putty, and reddish-brown paint. These are a stopgap, but they will work until I get the better ones I've ordered from Monkey Depot.
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Amazing adventures by Gary Menten, on Flickr
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Amazing adventures by Gary Menten, on Flickr
76 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Mon Oct 09, 2023 7:22 am
BAMComix
The gloves really help complete his look Gary, well done 
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.77 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:12 am
Stryker2012
Founding Father
New glove hands will look great. The ones you made aren’t bad, though.
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78 The Courtship of Hoshi's Sister, AKA Suki's XMAS Blues. Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:52 pm
ThePhotogsBlog
The Courtship if Hoshi's Sister 1 by Gary Menten, on Flickr
The Courtship if Hoshi's Sister 2 by Gary Menten, on Flickr
The Courtship if Hoshi's Sister 3 by Gary Menten, on Flickr
This mini-story is actually part of a long-back-and-forth set of postings between Dave and I on the AMMO site, but it stands alone pretty-well also.
The Courtship if Hoshi's Sister 4 by Gary Menten, on Flickr
The Courtship if Hoshi's Sister 5 by Gary Menten, on Flickr
The Courtship if Hoshi's Sister 6 by Gary Menten, on Flickr
The Courtship if Hoshi's Sister 7 by Gary Menten, on Flickr
The Courtship if Hoshi's Sister 8 by Gary Menten, on Flickr
The Courtship if Hoshi's Sister 9 by Gary Menten, on Flickr
79 Re: Kimono Troop Random Photos Tue Dec 26, 2023 8:21 pm
Stryker2012
Founding Father
I wonder how Sarge feels about these ladies talking about him like he’s property… always a wild ride with your ladies (no pun intended).
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