German machine gun post dio

[Guest]

this looking great! very well constucted and painted. cant wait to see the guys all painted up in there blasting away.

[Guest]

Thanks all, the rock forming kit is idiot proof luckily lol i will definatly be using it again on other dio's, you can buy different rock formations to spice it up a bit. Still struggling with the figure painting but ordered a DVD from John as well as a few more paints so hopefully will be cracking on with those over the weekend.

[Guest]

Nice work Darren, i did wonder how you were getting on with this one, its been a while. Well done.

Andy

[Guest]

Ok, my first attempt at painting figures , no sniggering at the back you lot! i tried oil paints for the flesh tones but dappling in the various shades it all seemed to turn into a pink bob, will put that down to my heavy handed technique. The uniforms are Vallejo model colour, thanks John for the great service:thumbs-up: They need a coat of matt varnish after i've touched up a few bits the camera has pointed out.

I have to apologise for the photos, i put the camera on macro but it seemed to only focus on one part of the figure and put the rest out of focus, have no idea how to use a camera so any tips will be gratefully received.

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These are the test subjects before i move on to the Dragon figures which have a lot more detail than the older Tamiya offering.

Any comments good or bad please.

Cheers

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[spanner570]

Darren, as you point out it's difficult to see the figures properly but I do know they make up into a nice set.

Will you be leaving the back of the bunker open so we can see the M.G. crew at work?

The bloke with the field glasses, suitably butchered, is the one injured holding his hand up in my 'Assault' dio.!

I'm not that clever with cameras either, but the orangy ones are to do with the type of light the camera is set at, i.e. outdoors, flourescent or tungsten ect. Look at the menu, go to white balance and and click along the options until you come to the one that suits what lighting you are in.

I don't understand why the Macro is blurred, but I'm sure someone on here will give you a darn sight more of an answer than I ever could, 'cos I just point and click. That does me nicely thank you!

Cheers,

Ron

[Ian M]

The figures look great mate and the photos are not that bad.

If you have an SLR with loads of knobs and buttons there is one that you can turn to a setting thats called something like AP This is the Aperture priority setting. Using this will allow you to determine the size of the aperture and the camera will adjust the shutter speed to compensate. Of you make the aperture smaller, the depth of focus will be deeper and more of the picture will be in focus. The shutter times will get slower as the aperture gets smaller, so a tripod might be a good idea if not using a flash.

As model figures seldom move or sneeze, you can close the aperture right down to the smallest, which is the highest number. (f22 is a tiny little hole, f1.8 is pretty much full open). Depending on the lighting you could get an exposure time running into many seconds.

Hope that that was not to confusing!

Looking forward to seeing the whole thing come together. I also think it would be an idea to leave the back open to enable you to look closer at the figures. It would be a pity to hide them away once the lid goes on...

Ian M

[yak face]

Hi darren, the figures look excellent , im sure its going to be great when its all together. cheers tony

[Guest]

Thanks for all the encouragement gents, the camera is a point and click jobbie, a Hitatchi 1087e, it doesn't have a AP setting or anyway to change the shuttery wossit. We are hoping to change to an uprated model when the cash allows.

The back of the bunker will be open and i'm hoping to be able to wire in a red l.e.d to give it a bit more atmosphere in there. Once i sort the photo issues i'll take a few more.

Cheers all.

[spanner570]

Good grief Darren, what are you trying to do to my ticker?

All this talk of a Red Light area brought back memories of me and my mates in Amsterdam.....

I remember it well. We were walking along this road when.... It's no good I need a drink!!!!

[Guest]

Good grief Darren, what are you trying to do to my ticker?All this talk of a Red Light area brought back memories of me and my mates in Amsterdam.....

I remember it well. We were walking along this road when.... It's no good I need a drink!!!!

Lol, you've got a smutty mind young Ron but now you come to mention it i also remember a fuzzy walk down some window lined lanes trying to hide my blushes and not fall into any canals...

[Guest]

Just a few more photos from my phone camera of the inside of the bunker, i've got to wire up the light to a switch and battery pack. Empty shell cases were made by cutting electrical cable into small bits then using pva to stick them to the floor, hopefully gives the impression their giving someone on the beach below hell.

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[yak face]

Great stuff darren , love the shell cases, genius! Are you going to put in some empty ammo boxes , there would definitely be quite a few with all the empty cases. I pity the poor buggers on the receiving end too !! , cheers tony

[spanner570]

Looking in on the back of the bunker looks really good Darren. Cracking idea, well executed.

Ron

[Guest]

Thats some fantastic work Darren, the shells look great.

Andy

[Guest]

real nice stuff darren. well painted figures. great idea of a red light hook up!