Hitting the beach

rocketman · Post by **rocketman** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:35 pm

Hit the beach today for some d-day shots for the Sherman as promised. 7.00am this morning laying in a puddle of english channel water for the shots but Im really pleased with them. Strangely enough the first one is my favorite.
Also gave me a good use for some of those Monkey depot bargain halftracks! The Sherman is the one I was working on a few weeks ago when i first posted, shes a 1972 vintage Tamiya Sherman, complete rebuild with custom wading trunks, driven on and off the sand this morning for the shoot.

jlspec · Post by **jlspec** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:57 pm

Very nice pctures. B&W has a good feel to it

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:20 pm

...yeah, I initially scrolled down the first picture and thought "damn - that"s cool". Kinda like the "calm before the storm"

Stug45 · Post by **Stug45** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:06 pm

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:16 pm

Excellent pictures! I like your use of scale and perspective. Its hard to tell those are little 1:18 scale objects on a large beach. The black & white always helps when photographing these models as it seems to take away from some of the toyishness and make them more realistic

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:35 pm

WOW! Those are some really cool pics. I agree with Tman, the black and white plus the use of the beach obstacles in front with the sea as the backdrop makes are very realistic picture. You should photoshop some troops and debris into your pics to make them come ALIVE!

Thanks for sharing! Post more....

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:59 pm

Great stuff Rocketman!!!! Your pics look fantastic.

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:59 pm

WOW VERY NICE JOB!

snake · Post by **snake** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:49 pm

Very nice job,rocketman.

Good job on the scale,and the B/W adds a period effect to it.

Keep em coming.

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:52 pm

Looks

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kevrut · Post by **kevrut** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:26 pm

Great pics!

MG-42 · Post by **MG-42** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:49 pm

* Actually , natural daylight adds a more realistic effect on their paint schemes and helps bring these 1:18 models to life.

........ nice b&w shots !

- Mitch v MG

sledgehammer · Post by **sledgehammer** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:44 pm

You could fool many with those shots, into thinking their looking at some vintage photos.

panzertruppen · Post by **panzertruppen** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:58 am

Nice photos good work

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:29 am

Very convincing! Well done!

-Ski

MCalamari · Post by **MCalamari** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:07 am

Just echoing "Wow" like everybody else. I really enjoyed seeing the pictures.

DocTodd · Post by **DocTodd** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:20 pm

Like the pics, had to look twice to tell they weren't 1:1 scale.
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