Round 6 - Swashbucklers vs. Zombicized

[Prof.Witchheimer]

[HerbyF]

Dam this was a tough one.

[Wargames Fever]

Isn't the guy in the green T shirt Sheldon Cooper? Sorry, Dr Sheldon Cooper.

[Captain Blood]

Both surprisingly shiny!

[Thargor]

So, it's Dr Sheldon Cooper, William Foster from Falling Down, somebody must know the cop, Razor Charlie the bartender in From Dusk 'til Dawn and John "yipeekiyay mothertrucker" McLean ... those zombies are in real trouble now 

[Drachenklinge]

to me ... THIS round is the second hardst after a marvelous start and an amazing second round!

I wanted to tell this in here ... with two very cool entries. Hard choices lurking everywhere!

best wishes and thanks for ... entering!
DK

[OLeary]

Oh this is not an easy one. The composition on both of these is outstanding.

[Scootboy]

Although I voted for gnomehome, it was the insets that did it for me.  The photography (which I know nothing about sorry) on the big picture was bight and shiny.  Without those insets to see what you actually did, you would not have stood a chance against the competition in my vote (for the future?  lets be able to see your incredible multi level shading for example).

 I especially loved the green lantern touch, but the whole set had a great story!

[Franz_Josef]

The Swashbucklers are fantastic - Drake and Hawkins indeed.

[gnomehome]

Thanks for all the kind remarks - I wasn't even aware I was able to do incredible multi level shading 

I agree with the shiny/glossy comments - it has popped up as a comment in a previous round as well. I blame the varnish (semi-gloss /satin in reality - matt according to the label). I've since bought Army Painter Matt Varnish bit have yet to try it -  maybe for next years LPL.

The fact that I don't use a lighbox but simply use an overhead daylight lamp, probably makes the glossines a bit more noticeable. I'll have to try to make a light box and see how that works out. I think my pictures are better than last year, and I'll hope to improve them by next year. I've bought a shiny new camera that should allow me to mess around with the settings a bit (AV modes seemed important to have) , but I've only used the 'full automatic dummy mode'.

[Lowtardog]

Thanks for all the kind remarks - I wasn't even aware I was able to do incredible multi level shading 

I agree with the shiny/glossy comments - it has popped up as a comment in a previous round as well. I blame the varnish (semi-gloss /satin in reality - matt according to the label). I've since bought Army Painter Matt Varnish bit have yet to try it -  maybe for next years LPL.

The fact that I don't use a lighbox but simply use an overhead daylight lamp, probably makes the glossines a bit more noticeable. I'll have to try to make a light box and see how that works out. I think my pictures are better than last year, and I'll hope to improve them by next year. I've bought a shiny new camera that should allow me to mess around with the settings a bit (AV modes seemed important to have) , but I've only used the 'full automatic dummy mode'.

They look good, worth testing one with a matt overlay spray it will work a treat

[Chambersofminiatures]

Nice painting boys. The zombicide minis are tres small, great job.

[Braxandur]

I've bought a shiny new camera

I think I can see where it went wrong 

In my case the shiny picture is also due to not having used a matt spraycoat because I ran out of time (again) and did not notice how much of the plastic sheen was left on the miniatures until I put everything together in paint shop pro, at which time it was off course to late.

After the LPL I'll return to them with a nice hard shiny varnish followed by a good matt coat.

Thanks for the kind comments on the miniatures and the setup, Really enjoyed painting these guys. Little details like the lightsaber on dr. Cooper made them a lot of fun!