"Russians - Thank you Emperor's Own " Topic

Been a long time coming , but finaly managed to get the Macro lens I was after.

Here are some Pictures of my Russians Courtesy "Emperor's Own". Took delivery of the last of my line cavalry early this year. And they look awesome – always been happy with the level of service and commitment.

Thanks Scott and team !

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Not sure my 28mm figures could take this degree of magnification. The camera spots every slight error, but figures like your hussars' lace, the cloth edges to the cuirasses, the infantry belts……amazing.

You may not want greater depth of focus, as the result here is actually very atmospheric. It does look like a battle.

But could I ask more about camera, lens, lighting, settings? f number, exposure time, tripod? Or did you get press "auto" as we all do these days?

Only just noticed the captured eagle……..brilliant!

Wow!

Got to be happy with that.

G'day Deadhead,

The camera is a Canon EOS 60D. The lens is a MACRO 100mm f2.8 IS L series lens. The pics were taken under artificial light , hand held, the image stabiliser works a treat.

Ive taken some more pictures tonight. On the auto setting. Still hand held. Ill post them up soon.

Very happy with the results :)

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Aha! I now know the secret to putting together the Russian army I've been working towards for so long! Pay someone else to paint it…? Sigh…

Beautiful work--that's about as clean as you can do a drummer.

Fine looking figures; excellent job.

Those massed cavalry…………the Uhlans……….even better pics

So then I checked out the camera. This is a serious bit of kit, even without the macro lens. I often laugh at my Yashica Dental Eye II, that I bought in late 80's for £800.00 GBP+….macro lens, ring flash etc but 35mm analogue. Who wants that now? It went to a local charity shop last month…worth £30.00 GBP-40 according to E bay. My current Pentax istDS would now sell for a fraction of what I paid several years ago.

When SLRs can be bought for a few hundred these days….your's is a quality piece of kit……envy. I may do few overtime sessions post retirement/part time work!

Great looking collection love the Russians. They are painting some early Russians for me can't wait to see them now!

Wow this is Ace Julian!

About the best a 15mm can look.
Great collection!

And a fine camera to make pictures like this.

Schwing!

I don't know what you paid to have these painted, but I would say money well spent. You should be proud to put these on the table…and if they can win, even better!

They do an awesome job, at a very reasonable price. I have about 3,500 figures painted by them. Bavarians, French, Russian, Austrians.

Wowzers! :-)

Both the painting and the photography!

My Russian and French armies were painted by Scott's crew, and they are the envy of my gaming buds! They look very pretty, and they can really fight too!!!

What a beautiful collection! Thanks for sharing so much of it.

I see a lot of stuff listed on-line as "pro-painted" quality. This is definitely the standard! Congratulation! Great army.

Thanks guys for the comments. I'm Still getting used to the new lens . Its working out a treat. And it does real justice to the figures and the paint work.

Thanks again

Awesome work!

Both by the painting team and your use of the Macro lens – the photos have motivated me to dig out that pile of unpainted Russian lead and get to work.

For the photos – did you bounce the flash or set up some other method for lighting? The results are amazing.

Thanks
F.G.

G'day F.G.

Thanks for the comments. No there was no flash lighting involved. Only the down lights in the room.

I'll add some new photos , as my Russians were in combat alongside their Prussian allies today.

Looks Great! What scale and make are those figs?

18mm AB figures

Thanks for the reply. By the way, do you know who makes those Standards in the photos? They look fantastic, almost like they're made of cloth.

Again, what a Great looking collection and thank for posting the pics.

Hi Tyn Man .

I think you mean the flags which i got from FLAG DUDE. flagdude.com

cheers

Really I should have said unit Colours….

Cheers.

No need for thanks it has been are joy over the years to do painting for such great customers big orders or small you guys have been the best. I do love seeing the figs based on on the board knowing people are enjoying them.