JRX Luke and Han busts painted UPDATED OUTDOOR PHOTOS

[streetjudge79]

Finished these for a client today, the eyes are temporary just for photos, the owner is adding his own eyes and eyelashes to them.. I know Luke's are blue, I just didn't have any temp blue eyes to stick in there. I hope I did JRX justice on these.
I still have the Obi Wan to finish.

 

[Lord of the props]

Steve they look great :thumbsup
But why do you always use flash when taking photos?
Go outside and take the pictures, not in the sun though, can be too much shadows.
I would have waited a day or two for the real eyes, they ruin your paintjob.

 

[Stormtrooper]

Wow, those look great... although I agree with Lord of the Props, that the camera flash is washing-out the colour a lil' bit... should look better in natural daylight

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the owner is adding his own eyes and eyelashes to them.
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Now *that* is commitment.?.I'd have though glass eyes would have been fine... but HIS OWN EYES AND EYELASHES?.?. :lol

Hehehe... j/k of course Now let's see Old Ben.

Cheers,
John

 

[streetjudge79]

Well Bjorn, because my camera has an automatic flash, I cannot turn it off. I don't think having the wrong eyes ruin the paint job one bit. I only wanted to show off the finished skin tones as I won't have the correct eyes to take fully finished shots. I'm not trying to be a professional photographer, just trying to show how the busts turned out , that's all.

 

[Stormtrooper]

Hehehe.... I once had a Fuji digital camera which didn't have the option of turning off the flash...

So I experimented with placing one of my fingers over the flash-bulb area when taking pics... roughly 3/4 covered seemed to give the best results. If I covered it too much it made the pic look grainy.

Low tech solution to a high tech problem

Cheers,
John

 

[Simmon M]

Those look great Steve.

 

[Gigatron]

Steve, great work man :thumbsup . Your painting skills have improved ten-fold since you started.

I do have some photography tips for you. There are a couple of solutions to help with your flash problem. One is using more indirect lights, no flash and a tripod. Turn on as many lights in the surrounding area, set the camera on the tripod and either use a remote trigger or the camera timer to get rid of shake. Another, much cheaper solution is to take a piece of regular printr paper and fold it in half. Hold it front of the flash when you take the pic and it will act as a diffuser. You can fold it more or less until you are happy with the results.

Hope one of those help.

-Fred

 

[streetjudge79]

I covered the flash for this one.

 

[SonofJorEl]

Looks pretty frickin' cool Streetjudge....

 

[Lord of the props]

Steve, take them outside in daylight. In the last picture they became way to red in the skin, becuase of the light in the room. I am not trying to bug you on this, I am just trying to help you out, as you did a great paintjob, and it´s hard to see in that light.

Try at least my friend

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Those really look nice. :thumbsup

 

[streetjudge79]

I'll try to get them outdoors this week and get some better pics. I took video of them with my digital camera and they looked like they did in person but I don't know how to post a video here. Look for them later this week.

 

[Ghost Host]

Wow, they look nice.

 

[JRX]

Heeeeyyyy - ... these guys look mighty fine - :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup

Can't wait to see "non-flash" pics taken in sunlight and with the correct blue
eyes in the Luke head - - great skintones ...
I love the beardshade on Han - ... I actually just simply "forgot" to add that
on my own painted Han head - :lol :lol :lol

... will you add "eyelashes" also ??? They add a lot to the look of the eyes -

... no critics - only a suggestion, but maybe you should "fade out" the
eyebrows on Han a bit more, so they don't appear that "broad" - :$

I'm looking forward to your painted Version of Ben -

 

[streetjudge79]

The owner is adding the eyelashes after he adds the eyes.. I'm not sure if I'll get pics of them fully done, so I only had these to work with. Thanks for the compliments.
Steve

 

[streetjudge79]

Updated photos

 

[Lord of the props]

WOW looks alot better outdoors. Great work Steve, I would love to see them with the
correct color on the eyes.

 

[streetjudge79]

Me too. I hope the owner takes some good photos of them after he puts the eyes in and eyelashes. I'd love to have some completed photos for my portfolio.

 

[Darth Kahnt]

The outdoor environment does make a difference in the pics. You've done a great job Steve.

 

[streetjudge79]

Thanks man.