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01-01-2019, 08:06 PM | #71 |
Megalomaniac
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Flashback: Had a little time this weekend to set up this shot that I've wanted to do for almost a year, recreating my G.I.Joe O13 display setup:
gCobra_25th_86-82_2018-1209ab by J Perez, on Flickr And here's a 1982 HHFF-O13 head-to--head (using the Cobra image mirrored): gCobra_25th_86-82_2018-1209ad by J Perez, on Flickr
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01-02-2019, 12:38 AM | #72 |
Iron Grenadier
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I’ve fallen behind on some figures and photos this month due to job work overload. I’ve got so much work to do in the next week. But I’ve gotten a little obsessed with doing some studies with Joe figures using that classic explosion background. Here are some more of these I did this weekend, looking to recreate the 1982 Cobra pics and poses as the next step.
gCobra_25th_82-3p1_2018-1229ab by J Perez, on Flickr • Previous photos was taken using the background image physically displayed on my Samsung Tab S tablet. The background image and colors came out great, but had trouble controlling glare and reflection off the screen (used higher contrast post-processing to minimize reflections) • For these newer pics, I used a color copy print of the image. Glare was still a bit of a problem because the high bond paper had some sheen to it (as well as some ink streaking). Also the orange-red wasn’t as deep as previous pics. Finally I had less instant control on the size of the explosion (the pictures work better when the white area of the backgrounds can be minimized). • The biggest thing tested with this setup was trying to get more dynamic posing matching the vintage—without having to CG mask anything out or have any visible stands. PhotoGrid_1546201160828 by J Perez, on Flickr • Lighting and shadowing was different from the originals—I did not try to match with this photo set. I opted for side and top white lighting, with minor reflected lighting in the front to reduce shadowing in the front. Original card art had major lighting up front, and warm backlighting of the “explosion”. Future final photos may try to mimic the original art’s lighting to complete the recreation. • For the Officer, the original idea was to take the photo as shown and mirror it to match original’s orientation. Instead, I decided to flip keep the photo unflipped, and flip the original image to match. • The image of the Officer original art used was from this blog: http://medusawolf.blogspot.com/2013/...r-garrido.html. Strangely, the cobra chest logo is red instead of silver, matching my version. • I couldn’t fully recreate the sinister head haunched look of the original art for these bad boys as much as I really wanted to, without double jointed necks (which are included in Mafex figures and starting to show up more in the Star Wars Black Series, so these may be standard if/when the 6” G.I. Joe figures start to roll in). gCobra_25th_82-3p1_2018-1229e by J Perez, on Flickr • The third picture uses a “cartoon” fliter and hue adjustment to the original photo versions. I was going for an illustrated graphic inked version of the shot, with some accurate but slightly off coloring. Attempts with some apps to recreate the Hector Garrido style weren’t working out, so I went with a different illustration style. • The more dynamic poses where achieved by using a Medicom Mafex figure stand with clip. A small slot was cut into the background image and board. The stand’s peg to the clip pokes through the background image a board, with the clip attached to the front side, directly hidden behind figure. (see attached thumbnail for back and front of backboard setup). • The figure is further stabilized by use of small earth magnets in the figure’s foot peg hole, and magnetic mat strips used on the stage. The base grip was pretty weak but just enough to get the pose. • To avoid clipping the bottom of the explosion image, the image page was rolled from the backboard to the stage floor over the magnetic mat. gCobra_25th_82-xTrooper1_2018-1229a by J Perez, on Flickr gCobra_25th_82-xOfficer1_2018-1229a by J Perez, on Flickr gCobra_25th_82-xCommander1_2018-1229a by J Perez, on Flickr
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01-02-2019, 02:16 AM | #73 |
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Pure awesome right here
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01-02-2019, 03:21 AM | #74 |
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This thread is AMAZING!!!!
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01-02-2019, 10:12 AM | #75 |
Iron Grenadier
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These are phenomenal
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01-02-2019, 10:26 AM | #76 |
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Lots of hard work right there. It really paid off!
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01-02-2019, 12:25 PM | #77 |
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Indeed -- perhaps my favorite on the 'tank!
KEEP! IT! UP!
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01-02-2019, 12:49 PM | #78 |
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Breathtaking ...
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01-02-2019, 01:46 PM | #79 |
I just want foam gliders.
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Seeing that "behind the scenes" image really helps me see how you took those photos... thanks.
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01-02-2019, 04:57 PM | #80 |
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Looks amazing!
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