MorgulTongue
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Maulfan. It's 2008.
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Thanks MT.
Thanks MT.
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Lightning is looking great Sean, you're probably gonna have to do a tutorial once you get it all squared away
Lightning is looking great Sean, you're probably gonna have to do a tutorial once you get it all squared away
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Thanks GB, if I arrive at a formula I'm happy with I'll share. I think part of what I'm unhappy with in the shot I did it with is the face that his hands are so out of focus. Most of the shots on screen are pulled back when you see that much lightning and his whole body is in focus, so I'm going to try again with a more balanced focus image and see how that looks. It's just awkward with the lighting in sharp focus coming out of very blurred fingertips.
Thanks GB, if I arrive at a formula I'm happy with I'll share. I think part of what I'm unhappy with in the shot I did it with is the face that his hands are so out of focus. Most of the shots on screen are pulled back when you see that much lightning and his whole body is in focus, so I'm going to try again with a more balanced focus image and see how that looks. It's just awkward with the lighting in sharp focus coming out of very blurred fingertips.
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I was looking at the back of my SS Mace Windu box the other day (took it out of the cupboard for much needed and long overdue water treatment for his baggy trousers!) and i would love to re-create the scene you can see fourth down from the top. Palpy is poised low to the ground and his robes are splayed out from the spinning move he just pulled off (i think his flailing saber breaks the window to his office?).
I would do it myself but I dont own this set and dont plan to unless i find it cheap. Anyone want to have a crack at it?
I was looking at the back of my SS Mace Windu box the other day (took it out of the cupboard for much needed and long overdue water treatment for his baggy trousers!) and i would love to re-create the scene you can see fourth down from the top. Palpy is poised low to the ground and his robes are splayed out from the spinning move he just pulled off (i think his flailing saber breaks the window to his office?).
I would do it myself but I dont own this set and dont plan to unless i find it cheap. Anyone want to have a crack at it?
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I'll be fully covering the duel with film stills down the line.
I'll be fully covering the duel with film stills down the line.
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Thought you would be MaulFan and I'll be looking forward to those too! Do you know the scene i mean tho? I tried to find a piccy on the interweb but I couldnt find the exact one. Getting the pose right could be tough but I've seem some of you freaks pose these figures in ways i didnt think possible (excluding the nuddy pics from one of you guys but i forget who
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edit: Wor-Gar! Nuddy kitchen pics ftw! Except when work colleagues or my missus is looking, in which case you are a sad and depraved individual
Thought you would be MaulFan and I'll be looking forward to those too! Do you know the scene i mean tho? I tried to find a piccy on the interweb but I couldnt find the exact one. Getting the pose right could be tough but I've seem some of you freaks pose these figures in ways i didnt think possible (excluding the nuddy pics from one of you guys but i forget who
)edit: Wor-Gar! Nuddy kitchen pics ftw! Except when work colleagues or my missus is looking, in which case you are a sad and depraved individual
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Not much I can add to this thread, pretty late to the party. Just a couple quick pix.
Blurry as hell, but it looks kinda cool.
Not much I can add to this thread, pretty late to the party. Just a couple quick pix.
Blurry as hell, but it looks kinda cool.
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More pictures always welcome Chase, everyone brings a different image perspective, better to have variety.
This one reminds me of Skeletor from the 80's He-Man movie with Dolph Lundgren.
Blurry as hell, but it looks kinda cool.
More pictures always welcome Chase, everyone brings a different image perspective, better to have variety.
This one reminds me of Skeletor from the 80's He-Man movie with Dolph Lundgren.
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Nice work King! Really shows off the sculpt and paint work... one of the best I've seen that illustrate how nice he looks in hand
Nice work King! Really shows off the sculpt and paint work... one of the best I've seen that illustrate how nice he looks in hand
The Ringer
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Great pics King, this one looks like he is about ready to break out in song.
Great pics King, this one looks like he is about ready to break out in song.
JGouse0498
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May as well throw out my Sith lightning attempts. Palpatine was the first pass at it, and Sidious the second. I tried for a different approach each time. Palpatine's is a more traditional movie look whereas I was trying for an intense, violent look for Sidious' lightning.
May as well throw out my Sith lightning attempts. Palpatine was the first pass at it, and Sidious the second. I tried for a different approach each time. Palpatine's is a more traditional movie look whereas I was trying for an intense, violent look for Sidious' lightning.
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Looks good, I especially like the lighting on the characters... makes it look like the lightning is part of the shot.
Looks good, I especially like the lighting on the characters... makes it look like the lightning is part of the shot.
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My Palpatine won't be here for a couple of weeks, but I'm already experimenting with lightning...
This is from scratch, in Photoshop Elements, and is a small crop of a much larger lightning palette that I created. It's a pretty easy technique, but it's random. The best way that I can think of to make it practical would be to cut and paste the shapes you needed, then use the "Free Transform" function to manipulate them on the image in any way you wanted to.
I'm looking forward to trying it.
My Palpatine won't be here for a couple of weeks, but I'm already experimenting with lightning...
This is from scratch, in Photoshop Elements, and is a small crop of a much larger lightning palette that I created. It's a pretty easy technique, but it's random. The best way that I can think of to make it practical would be to cut and paste the shapes you needed, then use the "Free Transform" function to manipulate them on the image in any way you wanted to.
I'm looking forward to trying it.
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That's what I did Monk. There's a way to do a few quick tricks with a layer to generate lightning shapes. First issue is, as you say, it's pretty random, so you're almost best to do it much larger than the image you're going to use it in, then take pieces you want. The second issue is coloration and effects. The lightning used for Sith lightning doesn't look like the kind of lightning you find in the real world or cheap 80s effects like in Predator 2.
I took a snippet from the lightning I generated and used copy, paste, and transform to generate all these sparks, then used them as a layer mask to allow me to better custom color them in. I'm still refining it, but I think I'm getting close.
My Palpatine won't be here for a couple of weeks, but I'm already experimenting with lightning...
This is from scratch, in Photoshop Elements, and is a small crop of a much larger lightning palette that I created. It's a pretty easy technique, but it's random. The best way that I can think of to make it practical would be to cut and paste the shapes you needed, then use the "Free Transform" function to manipulate them on the image in any way you wanted to.
I'm looking forward to trying it.
That's what I did Monk. There's a way to do a few quick tricks with a layer to generate lightning shapes. First issue is, as you say, it's pretty random, so you're almost best to do it much larger than the image you're going to use it in, then take pieces you want. The second issue is coloration and effects. The lightning used for Sith lightning doesn't look like the kind of lightning you find in the real world or cheap 80s effects like in Predator 2.
I took a snippet from the lightning I generated and used copy, paste, and transform to generate all these sparks, then used them as a layer mask to allow me to better custom color them in. I'm still refining it, but I think I'm getting close.
hairlesswookiee
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my palps arrives tomorrow... i cant wait. its been so long since i opened up a cool toy.
my palps arrives tomorrow... i cant wait. its been so long since i opened up a cool toy.
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Yeah it does, I hadn't even noticed till you said something. Its like he is about to sing the national anthem at a baseball game
Great pics King, this one looks like he is about ready to break out in song.
Yeah it does, I hadn't even noticed till you said something. Its like he is about to sing the national anthem at a baseball game
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"The hills are aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive with the sound of music..."
Great pics King, this one looks like he is about ready to break out in song.
"The hills are aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive with the sound of music..."
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"The hills are aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive with the sound of music..."
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Here's a quick lightning test with a picture from earlier:
A little too flashy I think.
Here's a quick lightning test with a picture from earlier:
A little too flashy I think.
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