Behind the Scenes #18 (Patreon)

Sorry for missing the BTS post last week, I'm sprinting to catch up with my release schedule and I'm happy to say that I'm on track to finish a video for this Friday! That means I'll be one full week ahead. So what's been going on?

First I worked on the skit that you've already seen. I recorded it in my workshop because I imagine thugs bringing victims to blue collar work areas that are abandoned. That's a thing, right? I had a lot of fun with this skit and tried to make it seem like there was an actual conversation going on with one character interrupting the other, and lots of L-cuts and J-cuts to make the flow good. You can see the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t62wL0tKCSQ

Next I cleaned up my work area and started to figure out a permanent way to light a photography setup and remembered that I had a huge 32" china ball, so I busted it out and rigged it up on a boom arm. 

I figured if I wanted to do do PDFs I needed to come up with a clinical way to take photos of the minis so that they showed everything. There can't be any natural highlights or shadows from the light, it needs to be flat; so a massive diffused ball of light should do the trick on a white background.

The image is pretty crispy if I do say so myself. Next, I started to paint aqua man in anticipation of the movie coming out next Friday. I've never timed a release of a video with any kind of social event. The idea is is  that there will be traffic on social media because of the movie, and some cross traffic may land on the video.

I went for a mashup of the original character and the one portrayed in the movie by Jason Momoa. What do you guys think of the end result? Hopefully the video will be out by Friday for y'all to watch! 

That's all for now, PAINT MORE MINIS!