big_g posted:

krushgroove posted:

Glad you appreciate the comments

I don't know what the Master Collection has, but I would guess it has Photoshop at a minimum - there's no one-touch 'fix picture' button (maybe in the latest version! j/k) but here's one thing you can try: from memory try Ctrl-L to go to Curves, click the button with the dropper button 'filled' with white, then click somewhere on the picture that is meant to be pure WHITE (like the background). Anything lighter than the exact pixel where you clicked will turn white - it's almost an 'instant fix' if you're just starting out with Photoshop. Experienced photographers will sneer and once you learn more tricks you'll learn how to mess around with Hue/Saturation, brightness, contrast and other things, but that one thing will get you a little way down the road. You can try Shift-Ctrl-L for Auto Curves, but it probably won't work as well as actually going into the Curves dialogue.

Once you've got a bare white background, you can go into the menu that has Brightness/Contrast, Hue/Saturation and other settings like that and play around with those. If you go too far with a setting, just use your History window to rewind what you've done. Don't tweak it too much, once you're generally happy save it (under a new file name, like add 'w' to the end of the name and save it) - the more experience you get, not only will you do this faster but you'll get a sense of when a picture is close to finished. Then when you're done editing the picture set look at them all together and see how the colors match from picture to picture. Edit any that are noticeably different from other pictures (look at reds, whites, yellows, the bright primary colors that jump out at you). Once you have some experience you'll see that you won't have to go into a picture to change it around again.

I haven't used Lightroom but from what I've seen you can do a lot of this basic/general editing very quickly, rather than one at a time. I think Picasa has something similar you can try, it's free from Google and lets you auto-upload straight to a Google+ or Picasa account.

Lethemonster posted:

I'm going to spray I <3 Krushgroove on my next tank.

I just got fed up of editing the pictures because I knew they didn't look 100% accurate but didn't know what other people would think. It's nice having someone actually say 'this is rubbish and fix this and this will put people off' so I know there's improvement to be made that other people will see, not just me being OOT about it.

Is it normal for the photography and post editing to take quite a while as well? I mean I know as someone who can't tell one end of a lens from another it's going to take me longer than someone used to it. I've always figured photography would be quick and easy, but I guess I've only seen people who have perfected their process doing it?

Nighttheii posted:

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone had tips for painting the burning look on the backs of jet engines?
here's a picture of what I was thinking:

I definitely want to try to paint the blue tint along the edge of the burnt section.

Fix posted:

Paging WOM to the painting thread to talk to us about heat-stained metal. WOM to the painting thread, please.

adamantium|wang posted:

The important thing to remember about them is that they are not water based. They use metallic particles suspended in alcohol, and as such require a bit more care to use. They'll dry nearly instantly when applied, but your brushes need to be cleaned with something like surgical spirit because any contact with water will cause the particles to rust and can ruin your brushes and the whole pot of paint. The end look however is second to none and is worth the extra hassle in my mind:

krushgroove posted:

Yeah, that hat and staff really help set the identity apart from the cyperpunk and military dudes. Can't wait to see what everything will look like painted up!

Fix posted:

Lookin pretty good there, Hellbeard.

Deanut Pancer posted:

^^^
Never be sorry for posting amazing work like this! The camo netting is a great idea. Is it a specific miniature material, or something else?

R.S. Gumby posted:

Now the question is, what the hell do I do with it? I pretty much never play Warhammer anymore.

R.S. Gumby posted:

Anybody mind completed army pics?

This weekend I put my Ogre army together just to see the size, and take a picture or two. After all, I now consider it completed (although at some point I might add a Stonehorn), so it'll soon be hidden away in a box somewhere never to be used. That it got done is in large parts thanks to the oath threads. I'm a terrible photographer, but here's a pic:






Now the question is, what the hell do I do with it? I pretty much never play Warhammer anymore.

Flipswitch posted:

Anyone here got any comments on the Vallejo non metallic air paints? I've been using the metallics for painting with a brush and they're pretty amazing, how good are the other paints for brush painting? too fine or?

Flipswitch posted:

Anyone here got any comments on the Vallejo non metallic air paints? I've been using the metallics for painting with a brush and they're pretty amazing, how good are the other paints for brush painting? too fine or?

Fauxtool posted:

Is there anything I should be aware of if i want to spray the vallejo liquid metallics? You know like dont atomize alcohol by your face if you are smoking.

SERPUS posted:

What size magnets do I need for Warhammer minis? I want to be able to change out the arms/weapon on my large Tyranids if necessary.

LoG posted:

Here you go!

http://www.miniwargaming.com/magnet-guide

Chenghiz posted:

Use this as a guide maybe, but buy from here where they don't gouge you with hobbyist markup: http://www.kjmagnetics.com/products.asp?cat=10