Photography: Angel fish team assemble!
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I’ve had a vision for this photography for some time. It has taken me months to be able to produce this.
The stuff involved in this photo are Panzer IV 1/16 scale (Full kit), Volks 1/16 scale Angelfish team members (Miho, Mako, Hana, Saori, and Yukari). All of these stuff are fairly easy to obtain. It’s just a matter of commitment and spending powers.
The scene props are play-sand (or slime sand) and a giant picture of a beach which I often use for background prop. I’d love to use actual sky but it’s not easy since my house is surrounded by other houses. A full clear sky is hard to come by where I live, and taking these out to wilderness is asking for troubles due to their delicacy.
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The slime sand is proving to be really God-send for my purposes. So far, most of my photographs have had grass ground, and I’ve been wanting a new ground. This sand stuff does the job pretty nicely.
Now, if I can get my hands on darker-colored sand, it could work as just dirt ground as well. I could make my own shade but I am afraid of leaving paint residue all over, so I’d rather purchase a darker color one.
There is also an alternative version before ending up with what you see now which uses grass ground and no trace of any beach or sand.
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The reason I went for sand setup is due to the awkward transition between grass and the sky. It just didn’t feel right.
I also have not placed any decals on the tank. That’s because there isn’t really a large enough empty spot to place one and that I don’t have Angelfish decal. I do have Ooarai decals but I want an Angelfish decal on this one. But seeing there isn’t a good spot to place the decal, I may not.
This is where Panzer IV armor skirts would have come in handy since it would provide plenty of spots to place decals.
Cya