Valiardes Photography Thread

The portrait looks very realistic. The hairline looks good.

Another great head, Simon! Very nice work (as always)!

Late to the party. Love your Geralt — he looks pretty cool. Excellent pics.

That armour/leather is fantastic for Geralt, and the backdrop remains perfect...

Valiarde wrote:Test shoot - Geralt got a new armor

Yes the hairline is bad, need to fix it but wanted to do some test shoots. And of course it is walls diorama again

Awesome custom. The pieces you added to Geralt are refreshing, and his hairline doesn't look bad at all, Val.
If those are your test shots, my goodness I cant wait to see the actual pictures you'll hopefully share with all of us soon !

That guy looks pretty awesome.

Thanks all. Lets see what I can come up with him.


In the meantime a little drinking fun with Captain Brownbeard

Brilliant! and look at the size of his bear barrel! He'll be rat arsed soon!

Excellent mate!

Now that's how to set up a pirate scene! I love this!

Ha, omg, that is awesome!!!!!

That's a very cool pirate, Simon! He also gives me slight "Räuber Hotzenplotz"- vibes.

A really fantastic figure with the poses beautifully staged! It's really unique.

I love it. He’s an awesome drunkard. Awesome!

The tipsy captain is a great new addition, with so much character and implicit humor. Well done again, Simon!

The captain is certainly an expressive character! And unique, too.

Few more shots of Geralt.

Beautiful photography as always, and such a well-executed character. Even if outsized by that hulk. By the way, something occurs to me: wouldn't it help making Geralt's eyebrows at least partly white (salt-and-pepper), to go with his hair? Or is this how it is supposed to be?

wonderful custom work, and beautifully photographed! Top work my friend!

Beautiful photos.
Also, Kratos and Geralt is not something I expected to see in the same frame.

GubernatorFan wrote:Beautiful photography as always, and such a well-executed character. Even if outsized by that hulk. By the way, something occurs to me: wouldn't it help making Geralt's eyebrows at least partly white (salt-and-pepper), to go with his hair? Or is this how it is supposed to be?

Thanks Ian, yeah he has pretty dark and thick eyebrows, but mine are a bit too black. Your remark is valid.    Maybe I can make it less "painted" and more like hair. But he doesn't have much white in it.

BAMComix wrote:wonderful custom work, and beautifully photographed! Top work my friend!

Thank you!

Visisonor wrote:Beautiful photos.
Also, Kratos and Geralt is not something I expected to see in the same frame.

Ha! That is the joy of our hobby. And I have more mix and match lol




Looks a but like in a star wars with different races  

Wow, that is a fantastic-looking Kratos!

I love the new image. Is that a Thanos dwarf head on a Kuiil body? As for Geralt's appearance, I realize there may be a distinction between the Henry Cavill depiction and the original animated one, but I cannot claim any expertise. I'm sure you're much more aware of how it should be.

That little goblin guy looks very disapproving! Another great shot, mate!

Haha! That scene is awesome!! And of course beautifully photographed.

That bottle set is beautiful, too! My uncle stores his Pálinka in bottles like that. He'll drink it from a small glass though.

Ah, yes, crossovers!
(I need to do more of that in 1/12 scale.)

Nice pics of Geralt. Your Kratos oooks amazing, and love the little… goblin? Excellent pics and characters.

Wow these are all fantastic. I just love the look of your characters and world!

You have a great art in presenting mix & matches that somehow never look out of place….very entertaining to see who will turn up next!

Thank you all, ladies and gents, your enthusiasm for my pics is always nice. We all love this hobby with their many creative forms of art.


For a little change of my usual castle Walls diorama (finally! lol), I dived into LotR franchise lately. I was always a fan of the books and the movies and have quiet some figures. But after Gandalf I got my hands on some new figures and wanted to create some more scenes.

I want you to present my two new customized hobbits and Gollum.


Part I: SMEAGOL/GOLLUM













(yes for some shots I changed details in the environment and the lighting also changes a bit as I did several shoots with different settings for fun and I liked this kind of sequence with the fish)

Comments and critique always welcome