after an answer not number :)

[Elysium126]

ok thought so, its just with all the barny style wording for everything (rules) they didnt put that in

 

now the problem: to keep the look i have or repaint everything.......300+ infantry, 14 chimera, and 9 lemans is alot to think about

[WarriorFish]

Repainting is years worth of work, I'm still not quite done :lol: If we could see some pictures of your models... ;)

[CoffeeGrunt]

Oh, if only Straken was an Independent Character like Yarrick, the fun that could be had...

[Elysium126]

is the only way to post pics is to have a site or something... unless i really cant find the how to in the search :(

[WarriorFish]

You can create your own gallery here on the B&C, it's quite easy. In the top left is your name, click it to get a little drop down with options. In the bottom right is "My Gallery", click on that and you can create and populate a gallery quickly and easily. Let me know if you need any more help :)

[Elysium126]

ok lets try this

 

 

 

 

edit: need to get a real camera me thinks

[CoffeeGrunt]

Some better lighting would help. Generally it's best to set them against a dark background with the light in front where the camera's shooting from. This helps the lighting seem fairly even, as the screen glow and other things are pulling the focus of your phone camera away. (It's best not to get your hand in shot for this reason, I know my phone's designed to focus on the brightest part of the picture.)

[WarriorFish]

That's a nice blue you have there, what bases will you go for? I think a good rubble or snow one would match the colour scheme well :)

 

Generally I find you don't need a good camera unless you're doing really detailed work (which most of us aren't!) - you need good lighting. That can be difficult to find depending on where you live :P Try adding some light, a lamp can be good for controlling it and try to take a couple of shots for each one just in case one turns out blurry. You might be able to control the focus by tapping on the screen too, depending on your phone make.

[Elysium126]

i printed off both for later pics

 

was gonna go for a urban rubble look for the bases i have the .... um... texture? paint in my paint box and its on a test fig somewhere 

[WarriorFish]

The texture paints are nice, but you might find them expensive in the long run used on every base. It will be worth looking at other, cheaper methods like modelling sand for example.

[Elysium126]

Tried flock and sand years ago never liked the look

[elmo]

Looking good.

 

As a rule of thumb for taking photo is use a neutral background (I use a piece of A3 white card from staples). For lighting I use 2 cheap desk lamps, one at 45° to the right and the other at 45° to the left and a lamp directly over the model. This helps to get rid of shadows. It is important to set the light setting on your camera to take into allowance the ambient light and this will give a better colour. My camera can be adjusted for outdoor/light bulbs or florescent tubes.

 

Once you have the photo use a photo editor (I use microsoft office picture manager but you can download free ones like picasa) to cut the photo down to just the model and to adjust the size.

 

As you get better you can get fancy backgrounds to bring out the best of your model or have a play with Photoshop to add effects ;)

[elmo]

Tried flock and sand years ago never liked the look

Have you tried this :)

 

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/247402-basing-the-elmo-way/?do=findComment&comment=2995500

[Elysium126]

That looks like a great way to do my center pieces but not sure I have the patience for the swarm of bodies i have

[elmo]

For troops on 25mm bases it does not take long. I have used this to do my DA 4th company (100 marines) along with 50 terminators and 30 ravenwing. Also loads of firewarriors and kroot.

 

Not to mention various flying bases ;)

[Elysium126]

Well doing it in platoon batches shouldn't be that hard

 

 

Also is it a typo in my codex or do lemans now all have side armour 13?!?!

[WarriorFish]

Give it the Henry Ford treatment and it's not so bad :)

 

Yeah, that was a nice treat we got a while back. A big difference to the durability of Russes, making them much more useful :D

[Elysium126]

Maybe I'll do a balanced guard force next

[WarriorFish]

Balanced forces have a lot going for them I think, especially if you include Battle Forged as well :)