[spikecast]

Originally Posted by gam

Hulk.... doesn't half look good, its one I'm really looking forward to unless its really stupid money

Shipping's still aound $25 to $40 to sideshow and the Fedex bill is basically 20% vat plus a £10.50 handling fee..... no more 5% bills anymore although realistically shipping wise, its only the handling fee plus a little more than it used to be from the old eu warehouse.

plus they take a non refundable deposit on all exclusive pre-orders now to minimize people ordering then canceling near shipping time

theres a new shop a lot seem to be using Collectiblesdirect.co.uk--The best place for your collectibles, statues, action figures from movies, video games, comics which some items are a bit cheaper than from sideshow to you mainlanders.... haven't used them myself due to their high extra shipping costs to here

Cool thanks mate will take a look!

[DpM]

Originally Posted by gam

I take it your into photography, you always seem to take great pics with an obvious bit of thought for the pictures

With a good camera is it a case of just clicking or do you have to mess about with the settings and things, I understand the likes of macro mode and the flash but thats about it..... part of the reason I don't take as many pics as I should or would like to is when I take loads I'm lucky if a few are any good and then that gets me irritated.... probably doesn't help that my camera's ancient and has to be plugged in to the mains to take any more than two or three pics at a time

Thanks Gam.

I am very into photography, It's my dream/hope/life plan that ill be supporting my family from it one day.
I mainly shoot weddings and portraits (family, baby, couples etc).

Depends what you mean by good camera, a lot of good camera's do have modes to just click away with. Even the lower/mid level DSLR's.

My ones are more of a pro level so there are no auto modes and there is always something to adjust before taking the photo. But then if your using a camera like that its because you want to be able to control how the photo turns out rather than letting the camera do the guess work.

I use different methods for different shots but the last one the camera was in full manual mode. So I set the shutter speed, apature (how much light the lens allows onto the camera sensor) and ISO (this is a hang up from film days, its the number relating to the film speed, with digital the higher the number the less light you need but it introduces grain the higher you go). Also I set the exposure compensation (makes the photo intentionally lighter or darker) quite high as I was shooting into the light and without the adjustment the figure would have been very dark. I could have fixed it after in Photoshop but its always best to do it in camera if you can.

My apature was quite high, so the trees in the background were nice and blurred. A high apature also creates a shallower depth of field.

I that has not

I think you need a new camera.

[maverick177uk]

I recently used Collectibiles direct for my 1:6 scale Dewback, great service and they do flex pay,ends as well, if your not bothered about exclusives this is place to use, Lee packages up the stuff really well as well, can't recommend them enough.

[gam]

definetly shows in you pictures DpM

two things I've regretted not starting five or six years ago is keeping a database of anything I've bought and sold over the years and having pictures of each item to go along with it..... its too daunting now to even think about starting one

keep meaning to look into cameras though and keep wondering if I'd get good use out of one or not but keep thinking the fact I don't use the one I have now is down to the hassle involved...... took a few pictures of my car last week and needed an extension lead running out to the road which got some strange looks from the neighbours for some reason

for some things I can have unbelievable patience especially when learning but for some reason I've always got irritated very quickly with photography so would probably be a relatively cheap one at around £200 or maybe a bit more I'd be looking at and it would be mainly for indoor use for pictures of all my plastic, resin and polystone friends, none of that human malarky

did mess about with lighting and close ups at one time and did get a couple that although not perfect, wern't too bad looking of a few figures, more from luck than judgement though....
Sideshow Punisher Comiquette

Sideshow Maul PF

and this was from a smaller statue..... CS Moore's Kabuki

[gam]

also thanks to being influenced by Batman2's car collection (shakes fist in anger).... have a work in progress unit..... not sure about lights yet but was thinking more LED strips above them either under the shelves or infront of them with the lights pointing down which will hopefully get rid of the reflections on the cases

[Mr Regan]

Few crappy iPhone pics of my Skaar PF Exclusive. He's massive and very heavy

[mentalpen]

That skaar looks awesome. Can't wait to get mine. I didn't go for the exclusive though.

[Bigpig]

He came after sitting a bloody week in Fedex in Belfast....

Love him

[gam]

Originally Posted by Bigpig

He came after sitting a bloody week in Fedex in Belfast....

Love him

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did yours get a trip to Paris for the weekend on his way over here too?

mine managed to get on the van last tuesday possibly as it would be one of the later vans out of the depot as I'm only about 10 or 15 minutes away from it.... so got mine before they were off for the 'holidays'

[Bigpig]

Nah .They said no one was home even though there was no card left or nothing :/ Would of got him before the 12th also

Got him now and very happy

[stument]

Originally Posted by gam

also thanks to being influenced by Batman2's car collection (shakes fist in anger).... have a work in progress unit..... not sure about lights yet but was thinking more LED strips above them either under the shelves or infront of them with the lights pointing down which will hopefully get rid of the reflections on the cases
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Sorry if you dont mind me asking, where did you get those Housings? I have 3 Deloreans id love to keep in these

[gam]

Originally Posted by stument

Sorry if you dont mind me asking, where did you get those Housings? I have 3 Deloreans id love to keep in these

they came from germany via ebay, also got 2 or 3 of the cars from them too..... 6er box Exclusiv Cars show cases for modelcars 1:18 | eBay

its just under £50 delivered within a week for a box of 6 of them or they also have them in singles at a tenner each plus postage

had to get the two slightly bigger ones for the a-team van (due to height) and the general lee (about 2mm too long thanks to the bull bars) from another store in the uk for just over £20 each

[DpM]

My 3A badbot showed up today, here are some quick phone snaps.
Looking forward to having some time to shoot him properly.

[DpM]

2 more quick shots of Badbot.

[DpM]

A few ghost shots.

[rebel_scum]

My girlfriend bought me a Demon Batman for my b'day last week, just showed up today. Spiffing.

[gam]

Originally Posted by DpM

A few ghost shots.

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thats not the same one as your previous posts pics is it or is it a clear version of him?

[gam]

Originally Posted by rebel_scum

My girlfriend bought me a Demon Batman for my b'day last week, just showed up today. Spiffing.

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nice Bats shelf

Is that them push on battery powered led thingy's or mains powered?

[Inked]

Originally Posted by rebel_scum

My girlfriend bought me a Demon Batman for my b'day last week, just showed up today. Spiffing.

Damon Bats looks great, one of my favourite parts of the movie

[DpM]

Originally Posted by gam

thats not the same one as your previous posts pics is it or is it a clear version of him?

Its similar.
The head has two eyes rather than one and the ears are placed higher. This one is a glow in the dark version. When they were sold on-line this one was only put up for a few minutes at a time at random times over the course of the sale, so should be more rare.
I made it look more see through by placing a flash behind it and firing it through him towards the camera.

[DpM]

Originally Posted by rebel_scum

My girlfriend bought me a Demon Batman for my b'day last week, just showed up today. Spiffing.

Very nice demon bats!

[rebel_scum]

Originally Posted by gam

nice Bats shelf

Is that them push on battery powered led thingy's or mains powered?

Push on jobs. £1 for two of them, in the local pound shop. Eat batteries like mad, but they do the job.

I've gone and re-posed the Batman Begins figure, after realising he looks like he has a stick up his bum.

[Inked]

Originally Posted by rebel_scum

Push on jobs. £1 for two of them, in the local pound shop. Eat batteries like mad, but they do the job.

I've gone and re-posed the Batman Begins figure, after realising he looks like he has a stick up his bum.

If you did want mains powered, ikea reduced the price of there dioder led sets from around £45 to £20 in the last year. Much better value than they were originally. http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/70119425

[rebel_scum]

Thanks for that, I've been eyeing them recently.

[gam]

Originally Posted by rebel_scum

Push on jobs. £1 for two of them, in the local pound shop. Eat batteries like mad, but they do the job.

I've gone and re-posed the Batman Begins figure, after realising he looks like he has a stick up his bum.

if you've a soldering iron you can get a 5m roll of led's which has sticky tape on the bottom of it and then you can cut it to length (could get more than 2 detolfs out of a roll) along with a power supply for it for less than £20 of ebay

[spikecast]

Well it's been a while but I've just scored myself a Cyclops EX for £220 shipped in mint condition. Think I'll start on the X-Men line. Got myself a bargain. Haggled the guy down from £260. Pics to come this week. Will start a new collection thread.

[tommyh84]

Good luck getting Gambit

[spikecast]

Originally Posted by tommyh84

Good luck getting Gambit

Two people on here selling them

[Inked]

Yep, Bicrod is selling the EX he bought from me a while back. Really nice chap if anyone decides to buy from him

[spikecast]

Originally Posted by Inked

Yep, Bicrod is selling the EX he bought from me a while back. Really nice chap if anyone decides to buy from him

I had a gambit EX when they first came out but it had loads of flaws so I destroyed it for a refund, no way I could sell it on so I thought I may as well get money back for what I paid. It's an amazing piece.