NEW STUFF ON MY WEBSITE...

Great site. I enjoyed looking at your work. They all look awesome!
Chuck

Very good work. I like the Famo a lot.. Impressive scratchbuilt engine in that Pz III Keep it up...

Great stuff. I rally like your T-34 model 1942. It looks just great!

Awesome work!!!! What did you use for the back grouns in your pics??/

I echo everyone so far... keep up the good work!

Ditto everyones comments , great work Link.

My GOD MAN!!! These are fantastic... especially the cavalry figure... absolutely mind-blowingly good :-) Looking at your work just make my day ;-P

Cheers...

-Greg

Very nice Link .... great DW !!!!!

QUOTE: Originally posted by littlemoe Awesome work!!!! What did you use for the back grouns in your pics??/

Um... would you believe a velour blanket?
Hey, it's cheap. Besides the only other good background I have is 10' X 20'... a bit of overkill for model pics! And thanks to everyone for the compliments.

i agree with lgl007,the cavalry is a work for art!!!!!!!!!!the horse and the solder!GREAT ONES and keep it work coming

Great models. Keep up the great work! really enjoyed the cavalryman

Great looking site and Models. Thanks for sharing.
mark956

Wow, very nice models. Definitely some jaw dropping detail!!

As for the room on your web page… If this is a concern of yours, I would suggest cutting down on the size of the pictures. You can still see a lot of detail if the pictures are 1200 pixels wide. Of course, this won’t show off your talents quite as well, but it would save a lot of room. Depending on what web page editor you use, you may be able to go into the web file and delete several things like parts of a theme that are not used. Just a few suggestions that I hope can help.

Thanks for sharing the pics. We have all enjoyed them

-edog

Excellent site and excellent models, link.

Edog: thanks for the suggestions, I may try that next time. And thanks for the kind words, glad you liked the site.

Wonderful website! Fabulous work!

Just two questions: What camera are you using to shoot the pics, and how are you lighting them?

Please keep updating the site with more good stuff.....

Gip Winecoff

QUOTE: Originally posted by styrene Wonderful website! Fabulous work! Just two questions: What camera are you using to shoot the pics, and how are you lighting them? Please keep updating the site with more good stuff..... Gip Winecoff

Thanks, Gip. I'm using a Canon EOS 10D; I've been a film shooter all my life and this digital beastie takes some getting used to (along with the 150 page manual!). The pictures will improve as I get a better handle on how the camera does what it does; it's far from simple. I use a studio flash head inside a 24" X 36" soft-box, suspended horizontally on a boom directly over the table where I shoot the models. On both sides of the table are pieces of white foam-core, and a third piece of foam-core is mounted in front under the camera. Hope that's clear. Actually it's a rather commonplace setup; you'd see the same sort of thing used in commercial product photography. Thanks again; glad you enjoyed the site.

Always liked the "look" of the Panzer III. Yours truly represents how I've always pictured an actual piece in combat. Outstanding work on all your replicas. Thanks for making them available to a novice such as me. Great pics. Best regards.

QUOTE: Originally posted by djb_3639 Always liked the "look" of the Panzer III. Yours truly represents how I've always pictured an actual piece in combat. Outstanding work on all your replicas. Thanks for making them available to a novice such as me. Great pics. Best regards.

Thanks djb. Glad you enjoyed my site.

Excellent body of work. I, too am a big fan of the Panzer III and you certainally did the Tamiya kit justice. I was almost finshed with mine, now I'll have to redo it after seeing yours. LOL To me that is what makes or breaks the whole kit- weathering. You did a fantastic job. I have a long way to go on weathering. Like your T-34 and Famo also.

Wow! Amazing works Link, I especially like the famo. Wow! again

Thanks beans... I am currently working on another FAMO/Trailer combination, probably will use the Pz III I did already and will add some figures. Stay tuned........

QUOTE: Originally posted by link955 QUOTE: Originally posted by styrene Wonderful website! Fabulous work! Just two questions: What camera are you using to shoot the pics, and how are you lighting them? Please keep updating the site with more good stuff..... Gip Winecoff Thanks, Gip. I'm using a Canon EOS 10D; I've been a film shooter all my life and this digital beastie takes some getting used to (along with the 150 page manual!). The pictures will improve as I get a better handle on how the camera does what it does; it's far from simple. I use a studio flash head inside a 24" X 36" soft-box, suspended horizontally on a boom directly over the table where I shoot the models. On both sides of the table are pieces of white foam-core, and a third piece of foam-core is mounted in front under the camera. Hope that's clear. Actually it's a rather commonplace setup; you'd see the same sort of thing used in commercial product photography. Thanks again; glad you enjoyed the site.

How do you like the 10D? I've been a long time film shooter but I've been thinking about transitioning over to digital. I read about the 10D awhile back. I believe Canon now offers a digital rebel as well? And there was one other digital SLR that I read about that sounded interesting.

I'm not much of a studio photographer. I'm mainly outdoors, wildlife and landscape. So I've been trying to learn more about indoor lighting. If you have some time and its not an inconvenience it would sure be nice to get a shot of your setup you use to photograph your models. And any suggestions would be welcome. My biggest struggles are with the lighting.

Thanks JR. I like the 10D a lot; when I was shopping for a digital camera, it was a toss-up between the Digital Rebel and the 10D. What made the 10D more attractive was the PC-sync socket (to connect to studio flash heads), something you don't find in most digital cameras. I already had a set of studio flashes. Both the Rebel and the 10D are 6.3 megapixels, so the resolution would be nearly identical. I've become something of a digital convert; like I point out, I was a film shooter too, but the immediacy of digital (no labs to fool with) and being able to see if a pic is a keeper right away is a real kick. And the results I get with my printer are nothing short of astonishing. Both come with software CD-ROMS and cables for connection to your PC. The Compact Flash media cards that both the Rebel and 10D use can hold a lot of pictures; I use a 512 MB card, and at the "small" file setting it gives me close to 500 shots before it's filled. So what it comes down to is price, as far as I can see; if you're primarily going to shoot outdoor stuff, you would do well with the Rebel; not to mention the Rebel is about $500 cheaper, even with a decent lens! If you ever want to do studio work with the Rebel, you can make the small investment in a slave module, which would fit on the top of the camera where a flash would go, to trip your studio heads. Canon also makes flash units that can be used remotely, and I believe a number of other companies do as well, at a lower cost. The Rebel and 10D have been getting rave reviews lately; I bought the 10D because I already had a Canon film camera (an EOS A2) and a number of lenses. So I say go for it; I think you'll be converted too.
As for getting a pic of my setup for shooting models, I'll try to get one on here or on the website; actually, as I said, it's a fairly common setup for product photography. Any reference book for studio shooting will give you a diagram of the setup. In fact, if you visit the Popular Photography website, they should have information there as well. Hope that helps!

Great work Link, very impressive and tastefully displayed.

Thanks Steve, really glad you liked it!