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Thursday, June 14, 2012

Samurai charging again,but now with scenary


Working on lighting and background and thought I'd show it using the Samurai from my previous post. Photography is always the area I'm most unsure of myself. What looks better a white background or scenery background? White background helps show detail, but scenery shows more colour.
Do you think I should in the future:

1. Keep the white background.

2. Go with scenery backgrounds.

3. Mix it up with both white and scenery backgrounds.

Thanks for viewing and your help.:-)


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22 comments:

  1. Günther SternbergJune 14, 2012 at 8:04 PM

    Very nice work !

    Grüsse Günther.

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  2. AdamJune 14, 2012 at 9:22 PM

    nice background this time!

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  3. DalaupprorJune 14, 2012 at 10:51 PM

    Looking lovely !!!

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  4. GreywolfJune 15, 2012 at 12:27 AM

    Lovely work there Chris,and your basing as always is beautiful.


    Guy

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  5. Ubique MattJune 15, 2012 at 12:55 AM

    2. Go with scenery backgrounds.

    The white background looks a little stark now in comparison to these photos.

    Regards,
    Matt

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  6. EinarOlafsonJune 15, 2012 at 2:00 AM

    Again a very nice painting job!! I would mix white background and scenery background.

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  7. RodgerJune 15, 2012 at 3:42 AM

    Personally I prefer the scenary background. Having said that I think there would be times that a single colour background would be good for showing the figure's detail. So maybe a bit of a mix may well be the way to go.

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  8. HetairoiJune 15, 2012 at 5:13 AM

    White is too bright.. I rather like blue, grey or black.

    However, it´s nice to see a couple of pics with scenery, so you can make an idea of how AWESOME will they look on the table... BTW, I still hate you. >:-)

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  9. Ray RousellJune 15, 2012 at 7:37 AM

    Beautiful painting!!!! I do like the white backround best as I think it shows off more of the colour on the figures, but I do like the scenery background as well. I think you should mix it up every now and then!

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  10. PhyllionJune 15, 2012 at 11:31 AM

    Agree with ray, mix it up please. I normally use white backgrounds, but I don't have a table permanently set up!

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  11. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)June 15, 2012 at 2:26 PM

    Thank you for the support and the valuable input everyone!

    I'm inclined to mix it up with white backgrounds to show detail for those wanting to see that and terrain backgrounds to show how it looks on the tabletop and to get the cinematic look. A little more work doing both perhaps, but probably worth it and will do so if time permitting.

    Cheers
    Christopher

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  12. JehanJune 15, 2012 at 2:55 PM

    Really nice painting ! Congratulations,

    J-B

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  13. The DocJune 15, 2012 at 3:22 PM

    Christopher, these are the bee's knees! Wonderful work, mate! Very inspirational!

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  14. Silver WhistleJune 15, 2012 at 3:59 PM

    These look even better second time around. I think background shots help to paint the picture.

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  15. TartyJune 18, 2012 at 6:06 AM

    Their looking very nice..... basing is great. A+

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  16. MiniMikeJune 19, 2012 at 2:00 AM

    Stunning work Christoper! Great painting and basing yet again.
    Inspiring stuff, I'll wait with mine though untill there is some sort of cool SAGA skirmish ruleset or something. Now go and paint the other 10 bases, we are waiting...
    Cheers, Michael
    Oh, and option 3 if you ask me..Mixed backgrounds

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  17. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)June 19, 2012 at 6:14 AM

    Thanks guys again for the comments and feedback!!:-)

    @MiniMike

    Try Killer Katanas as I believe that's Samurai skirmish.
    I'm not big skirmish player except periods only fought that way(WWII, SCW etc.)
    Looking forward to seeing what you do when you do it.

    Cheers
    Christopher

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  18. Sidney RoundwoodJune 22, 2012 at 4:05 AM

    Christopher, the painting's stunning and the basing is sublime. I hardly think that the backdrop really matters!! But, speaking personally, I'd be happy with you mixing and matching backgrounds whenever you feel like it!

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  19. PhilJune 23, 2012 at 9:27 AM

    Great photos and figs!

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  20. Jason MeyersJune 24, 2012 at 10:14 PM

    Fantastic looking minis!

    Jason

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  21. count of wymbornAugust 18, 2012 at 12:30 PM

    How did I miss these beauty's! Really exellent please paint more now!

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  22. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)August 19, 2012 at 11:32 AM

    Thanks Count and I'm working on it!:-)

    Christopher

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