In the last Beast of War campaign, I liked to make immersive photos for the reports. I was inspired by this old picture from another forum user or CB employee: Here's a few of some old and new ones. Yan Huo clearing an Armory Femme Foxtrot smoking (base removed) Triad throwing smoke Hac Tao Hacker revealing Szalamandra firing GIF
I always interpreted "hyper-rapid" to mean "high--velocity", but it is B5. I'll make a "brrt" gif tonight this week, then. Let's say that's Anti-Materiel mode.
I recently got some lights for my table and here is my personal favorite of the batch I've taken so far
@Icchan here you go, sorry I didn't get to it sooner: Szalamandra firing Burst Mode And here's some unbased Xeodrons:
Didn't like the belt on the new Vet Kazak. The casings are too far apart. But they work great with a smudge tool to look like they're whirring through the action.
Hoooboy! Now I need to sit down and learn how to do that in Photoshop. I bought a Borescope to take more cinematic pics during games. This might compliment that perfectly.
I used GIMP, not Photoshop. GIMP is free although it's about 5 years behind whatever Photoshop is doing, tools-wise. The muzzle flash stuff is pretty easy to do in GIMP. On Google you can find a few fire/flash/smoke PNGs wth Alpha backgrounds, so you can overlay them with anything. If you can't find an alpha flash, then what you do is: Open up the model picture you want in GIMP Google/Bing/whatever for a muzzle flash image that you like Copy the image (or print screen it from a video, etc) Paste to new layer Use Magic Wand tool to select everything that isn't the flash Delete selection Use Erase tool with a feathered edge to ease out the edges of the flash Use a Free Rotate tool after touching up (Free Rotate squashes the image around and can lose color/detail) Make a new layer Add that new layer below the flash layer Add a large white 5-10% Gradient (color to alpha) in a Radial pattern, centered underneath the flash layer This Gradient should cover roughly half the picture Erase parts of the Gradient that do not belong due to shadows Adjust the Opacity on the Layer itself, if necessary Make a new layer Add that new layer below the flash layer Use a (in this order) orange to yellow to white airbrush around the flash, at about 50% opacity, for any "sharp" areas of the flash left Copy background image (so you have an extra in case you mess up) to a new layer Put the copied background above the original in the layer queue so that it shows On the copied background, use the Dodge tool to lighten up highlights of the model facing the flash Use a clone, blur, and smudge tools to remove the model's base Use Burn tool to correct for shadows Save as .xcf (you will probably forget something) Export to PNG (JPGs are smaller file sizes, but lose details)
These tips are great and the pics come out so well. Could you give a bit more advice on removing the bases? how do you get the detail that was under the base? do you just copy detail from elsewhere?
If single photo avaliable, you will have to use clone tools. If you are making the photos and have a tripod, make two, one with and other without miniature. Then clone the base zone over the real base.
