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    leitmotiv's Avatar Senior Member
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    Originally posted by Romanator21:
    This guy is absolutely the best at this style of modeling, and he doesn't use photoshop
    Tango-India-Mike is a master---look at the character in those 1:72 aircrew figures. His Frog Whitley is a masterpiece.
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    Avro, being privy to 1/2 of your technique I'm keeping mum---that first shot on the glass (???) looks very effective---a moody high contrast view which comes close to looking absolutely real---carrier at low speed in a choppy sea at sunset. A clear demonstration that simple techniques using light are often more effective than more elaborate ones. Cheers!
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    Excellent thread Avro, and a very nice job with that model carrier. A beer for you in any case.

    That other gent's work is astounding.
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    It was rude of me not to mention your model Avro - it looks awesome.

    I guess I got a little excited to post Tim's stuff.

    I like the effect in your second photo. The ship looks like it's sitting in a relatively shallow clear-water lagoon

    The ripples may be a little big for that scale, but put a PT boat to cruiser sized thing there, and you'll have a pretty convincing photo, on par with Tim's like above. Maybe you could go crazy and get glass sheets with variable sized "ripples" for various scales - or make your own with silicone rubber.

    Step-by-step guide on what I mean:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki86BZTq_90

    I think another thing you could try is set the ship in the table, set your table on the beach, and take a low angle photograph. If a lower focal length is used, the table will simply blur into the real horizon. (Thinking out loud here...never done a ship in my life)
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    Originally posted by Uufflakke:
    Nice suggestion this thread.
    I like to visit the 'Who Here Does Model Planes' thread so this could be a nice addition to it. As I am not a modelmaker but like to fool around a bit with my photo editing program I took the liberty to edit your second image.

    Cheers, U.


    Excellent work, thanks

    Looks like a quick snap-shot from an enemy recon aircraft!
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    Zen modeling. Less is better.
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    Originally posted by leitmotiv:
    Zen modeling. Less is better.
    Up to a point..
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    Pfalz as seen from attic window!

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    effing fabulous, cartsmeister
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    Exceptional pic Carts,


    go on, admit it, its a screnny from ROF
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