Aigore Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Finally the Persian cat is finished! Been a fun build and my first participation in a group build ( go check out the Iran Iraq war groupbuild..there´ll be coming even more nice stuff from there!) The cat is completely packed with resin and it was a bit challenging at times to make styrene meet :P However I think that the Gawa cat is a pretty nice kit and as long as you dry fit parts and be a bit patient about it it fits together well and isn´t as hard to build as it´s ruomored, it´s just lots of parts and interesting assembly sollutions! So you guys who have them in your stashes, pick ´em out and start building ´em :D I had loads of support during the build and that´s how I like it, It´s better to recieve critique during the building process since you can rarely change anything after it´s built up! So guys,thanx for all the feedback during the build. Well I guess you want to see pictures now eh? and lots of them? I´ll be getting to that in a moment.... first I thought I´d show my photo set up and explain a bit about how I take the pics :D You with me on this? OKi, here we go! My little improvised studio consists of a big A2 paper sheet, I use a black background for light objects, a grey or blue for dark objects... I avoid white since I think it´s to much contrast with my shutter times (I´ll be getting back to that) Anyways, for lighing I use a few ordinary desk lamps and I´ve covered lamp cones with paper tissue. It´s to difuse the light, spread it and avoid sharp reflexes from the light bulbs. I cover the windows and the rest of the room is dark.. this makes the studio a bit mirky but that suits me fine because of the shutter times I´m using (again gonna explain that later). I use 3 main light sources and have additional light from a desk lamp out of frame and a lilttle halogen lamp, these are to give ambient light. Oki, that´s the lil´ studio... Here´s my lil´SLR, a I am a spammer, please report this post. D3100 with a 18-55 glass, standing on it´s tripod. Time to look at my camera set up... First of all I put the camera in M, manual mode...and that of course means I have to set all the parameters myself. And here are the camera settings, I´ll explain the most importan settings :D The "M" in the upper left corner means I´m in manual mode. I´m using a 2 second timed trigger, that is the exposure starts 2 seconds after I´ve pressed the trigger, that is so the camera is as vibration free as possible. The bar on the right side shows: I´m taking picture in RAW format, simplified it means each picture contains more information than a JPEG or GIF, and can be manipulated with greater range without loss of quality...you can change all the settings in a photo programe like Photoshop. WB= white balance, is set in a manual mode where I´ve taken a picture of something white and the camera has adjusted to recognize it as white in that particular light. (there are modes for say using a flash, shadow, dayligth and so on. ISO= the sensitivity of the image sensor, the higher value the more light sensitivity and the grainier the photo. I use ISO 100 for best quality pictures,and that means I have to have good lighting for my exposures. AF-s= Auto focus below that the symbo shows my auto focus mode, I use "one point" modethat is my aouto focus has 14 points it can focus on and I´ve manually chosen the pooint I want to focus on, it can be seen in the lower left corner of the display... it shows I´ve chosen the center point. the rest of the symbols are not important. in the center of the display is my shutter time 4", wich means I have a 4 second exposure. The reason I have such a long shutter time is because I want a deep field of depth. Field of depth is how much of and object is in focus in the Z-axis near and far of the focus point. Since I want as much as possible of my model to be in focus I have to have a long exposure time to let enough light in. the shorter the exposure the shorter the field of depth you get. The next and final important variable is Aperture, it´s shownb as the value F29 in the display and there´s a graphic representation of the aperture to the left of the shutter time. I´m using the smallest aperture (the smaller the aperture the higher the F-value) since I`m using such a long shutter time I can´t let too much light in at a time since it would result in an over exposured picture and be totally white. After laborating with shutter time and aperture in my lignting I found the combination of 4" and F29 to give me the best pictures and biggest field of depth. Had I had brighter light sources I could have shorter shutter time. Hope ya enjoyed a short intro to model photography :D whaddya say we look at some Alicat pics now ? End of part 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Aigore Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 Part 6 There, that´s that! Off to the display case and time to figure out the next project :D Cheers! To the WIP-thread Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 We're not worthy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vesthepes Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Awesome, looks more than great... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neo Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Wow really nice i really enjoyed following along on your WIP to this result Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tomcat Fan Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 AWESOME.... Great build... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 We're not worthy! hehe, sure you are :D Thanx Bigasshammm :D Awesome, looks more than great... Thanx vesthepes Got pretty nice pics of it...getting better with the camera :D Wow really nice i really enjoyed following along on your WIP to this result Thanx for following the build,Neo :D Now, what´s your kitty like? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 AWESOME.... Great build... Thanx Tomcat Fan :D The kitty passed muster then? :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benjaminht99 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Great job! She's a beauty... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 Thanx Benjamin :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Another Gorgeous build, Janne ! Love that paint and weathering ... -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fly-n-hi Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Great job! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 Amazing cat! Congratulations. Did you use the Wolpack conversion? Thanx pacheco :D I used the Wolfpack IFR set only. Another Gorgeous build, Janne ! Love that paint and weathering ... -Gregg Thanx Gregg :D You know me and weathering :D Great job! Thanx Fly-n-hi :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Beautiful job! Thanks for the tutorial on the photos as well. The camera looks very familiar! I shoot with a I am a spammer, please report this post. D3100 and use just about the same settings you do. I do have a question, though. How do you change the timer from 10 seconds to 2 seconds? I get impatient waiting for that 10 seconds to go by. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JesniF-16 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 What can I say? It looks smashing Do you work for I am a spammer, please report this post., because you may have just sold me on this camera :P Thanks for all the tips and for always taking the time to post your work and respond with grace. Please don't ever stop building models Janne. /Jesse Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 Beautiful job! Thanks for the tutorial on the photos as well. The camera looks very familiar! I shoot with a I am a spammer, please report this post. D3100 and use just about the same settings you do. I do have a question, though. How do you change the timer from 10 seconds to 2 seconds? I get impatient waiting for that 10 seconds to go by. Thanx Darren :D To change the timer you enter the menue, then the properties folder ( the one with a wrench symbol) and scroll down to the timed trigger, click OK and then your in the timer menue where you can chose either 10 seconds or 2 seconds delay :D CHeers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
White Wolf Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Great looking Cat! Thanks for sharing the photography tips too, I just got myself a new camera (LX5) so they'll be very helpful. How did you paint the curved portion of the anti-glare area, if you don't mind me asking? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Snap Captain Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Friggin awesome Janne! Weathering turned out great. Beautiful job all round. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shan Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Wow, fantastic details...all those goodies paid off well... being an iranian jet, do they carry US weapons? Might be something unique...a tomcat carrying russian weapons? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikkod Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Janne!!! Way to go!!! Aivan loistava!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Madhatter Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 very nice Aigore! Very nice indeed (understatement) I always enjoy watching your builds, so looking forward to your next installment Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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