A buddy of mine is a bit obsessive with Warhammer but, as a result, he's a magnificent painter. While waiting for another friend I decided to snap a few pictures of a few of his "normal" orcs(leaders are painted even better). Here's my favorite.
I would have maybe liked a bit more depth of field but, because I was bouncing into a shelf(it gave off some great light) I had to bump up my ISO to 400 to get acceptable results and my XT doesn't take too well to going higher than that. Besides that though is there anything else you guys think needs improvement? Comments and critiques are welcomed and appreciated.
As a D&D player I can say nice paint job. I would have liked two things; more DOF and more light on the orc's face. I like the oof cathedral in the background.
Thank you for the responses. I was going for a look that made them appear alive(I cloned out a base one of the oof guys was standing on). Great editing on it Grenache, I'll have to play around a bit more. Oh and thanks for the Adobe RGB bit, I've always wondered why things always looked different on photobucket.
I think you need more light and a better background. As is it is too noisy and the background is distracting.
Try moving in near the window and getting a white material to bounce the light on to it. Or shine a light through a white sheet (being careful not to start a fire). White through a white sheet has the effect of making light big and diffused.
