- April 9th, 2014, 1:06 pm#4788885
Alex, as usual you have outdone yourself yet again.....
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- April 9th, 2014, 1:19 pm#4788888
Thanks, guys. Glad you liked it.
I took the photo just over an hour ago, and it's already been seen by nearly 1200 people on the Cross the Streams: Ghostbusters Podcast FB page. That's more views, and faster, than any previous #MidWeekMattyMatters pic I've posted these last couple of months.
Since this thread just rolled over to a new page, I'm gonna put the picture up a second time...
![Image](https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t31.0-8/1015934_697706246938550_4510949546322804274_o.jpg)
... and then share this quick video of how it was done.
Enjoy!
Alex
I took the photo just over an hour ago, and it's already been seen by nearly 1200 people on the Cross the Streams: Ghostbusters Podcast FB page. That's more views, and faster, than any previous #MidWeekMattyMatters pic I've posted these last couple of months.
Since this thread just rolled over to a new page, I'm gonna put the picture up a second time...
![Image](https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t31.0-8/1015934_697706246938550_4510949546322804274_o.jpg)
... and then share this quick video of how it was done.
Enjoy!
Alex
What a knockabout of pure fun that was!
- April 9th, 2014, 11:42 pm#4788976
Is she naked under that toga?
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- April 11th, 2014, 11:23 am#4789180
so awesome, love GBII and you're making the whole movie come to life!
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- April 11th, 2014, 11:35 am#4789184
Sweet!
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Dr. Egon Spengler: "I think this building should be condemned. There's serious metal fatigue in all the load-bearing members, the wiring is substandard, it's completely inadequate for our power needs, and the neighborhood is like a demilitarized zone."
- April 12th, 2014, 6:17 pm#4789336
The World of the Psychic background has always reminded me of the Wonder Bread bag.
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- April 16th, 2014, 6:43 am#4789843
I renamed this thread-- again-- as there didn't seem to be any need to start a second thread that was GB1-specific.
Here's my latest #MidWeekMattyMatters photo.
![Image](https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31.0-8/1979204_701168579925650_7106361851158885195_o.jpg)
There are three containment units in this photo, two turned around backwards to be bare cinderblock walls. (I own four, but the other one to the left of Venkman didn't make it into the frame.)
Once again, it's a mix of Ghostbusters and Batman figures. Peck is unaltered. Courtroom Venkman is STILL wearing Alfred's coat. "Bennett" the NYC patrolman is an Honor Guard Joker, his white gloves swapped out for the fleshtone hands of the Scarecrow.
And his face, like the horizontal seams on all the figures, has been digitally retouched. Just in case you... wanna know how I got rid of these scars.
Alex
Here's my latest #MidWeekMattyMatters photo.
![Image](https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31.0-8/1979204_701168579925650_7106361851158885195_o.jpg)
There are three containment units in this photo, two turned around backwards to be bare cinderblock walls. (I own four, but the other one to the left of Venkman didn't make it into the frame.)
Once again, it's a mix of Ghostbusters and Batman figures. Peck is unaltered. Courtroom Venkman is STILL wearing Alfred's coat. "Bennett" the NYC patrolman is an Honor Guard Joker, his white gloves swapped out for the fleshtone hands of the Scarecrow.
And his face, like the horizontal seams on all the figures, has been digitally retouched. Just in case you... wanna know how I got rid of these scars.
Alex
What a knockabout of pure fun that was!
- April 16th, 2014, 5:19 pm#4789898
Hey Alex!
Nice thinkin' using the backs of those extra Units to expand the wall.
I like it.
You should digitally remove the seams where they join if you get a chance.
Nice thinkin' using the backs of those extra Units to expand the wall.
![Nice Job You Did! :nicejobyoudid:](./images/smilies/nice-job-you-did.gif)
You should digitally remove the seams where they join if you get a chance.
- April 16th, 2014, 9:08 pm#4789943
I began doing that, but it still didn't look right. It left some 'too short' and some 'too long' cinderblocks due to the way the Mattel edges are spaced.
I wouldn't have been happy until I had it looking like one unbroken wall of regularly-spaced blocks... and at that point no one would have known how clever I was for using two extra toys turned around.
For a wall with all identical-sized cinderblocks, it would actually be easier, touchup-wise, to photograph one toy in three carefully-spaced positions and join the three pics.
So I un-did all the touchups to the seams between wall segments, and struck a compromise between tweaked toys in the foreground and unaltered toys in the background.
Alex
I wouldn't have been happy until I had it looking like one unbroken wall of regularly-spaced blocks... and at that point no one would have known how clever I was for using two extra toys turned around.
For a wall with all identical-sized cinderblocks, it would actually be easier, touchup-wise, to photograph one toy in three carefully-spaced positions and join the three pics.
So I un-did all the touchups to the seams between wall segments, and struck a compromise between tweaked toys in the foreground and unaltered toys in the background.
Alex
What a knockabout of pure fun that was!
- April 23rd, 2014, 6:59 am#4790877![Image](https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31.0-8/10258305_705216312854210_4238289972115732026_o.jpg)
Alex
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What a knockabout of pure fun that was!
- April 23rd, 2014, 7:39 am#4790879
That's my favorite one so far Alex ! Great job on that diorama!
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- April 23rd, 2014, 8:30 am#4790887
Well, it's not much in the way of a true dio. They're digitally pasted into a doctored film frame. But I did have to tweak one detail.
This frame was actually from later in the scene, so the deactivated monitor was solid black.
The Terror Dog is my Tsukuda model kit, photographed with an effects filter on my son's school-issued iPad, and then re-photographed off that screen with my normal camera, and pasted into the film set.
I actually did the Terror Dog composite before I shot the figures, which then gave me the idea to try for an interactive lighting look on Egon's face and glasses.
The whole thing was thrown together very quickly. I actually had a different photo planned for this week, but decided to shoot this one instead at the last second.
Alex
This frame was actually from later in the scene, so the deactivated monitor was solid black.
The Terror Dog is my Tsukuda model kit, photographed with an effects filter on my son's school-issued iPad, and then re-photographed off that screen with my normal camera, and pasted into the film set.
I actually did the Terror Dog composite before I shot the figures, which then gave me the idea to try for an interactive lighting look on Egon's face and glasses.
The whole thing was thrown together very quickly. I actually had a different photo planned for this week, but decided to shoot this one instead at the last second.
Alex
What a knockabout of pure fun that was!
- April 23rd, 2014, 8:43 am#4790889
I couldn't tell the set was a screen shot was gonna say u made it look spot on lol nice work on it though love it!
- April 23rd, 2014, 4:47 pm#4790939
Well done as always! I was going to ask for the behind the scenes video to see the miniature lab you built! Great detail about the screen and the blue tint on Egon. The highlight on his right arm is spot on.
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- April 30th, 2014, 1:53 am#4791682
I took two Vinz Clortho pictures last week. This was actually the first one taken, but I decided to go with the second (Vinz/Egon) picture for last week's #MidWeekMattyMatters, and saved this one until today.
![Image](https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/t31.0-8/1956735_708782675830907_2579910692681887580_o.jpg)
Alex
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What a knockabout of pure fun that was!
- April 30th, 2014, 2:17 pm#4791747
Are you the key master? Haha love it as always Alex great job!
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- April 30th, 2014, 2:53 pm#4791753
Nice job on matching the lighting. Boy, I bet the landlord is gonna be pissed.
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- April 30th, 2014, 3:08 pm#4791757
That's awesome man!
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Dr. Egon Spengler: "I think this building should be condemned. There's serious metal fatigue in all the load-bearing members, the wiring is substandard, it's completely inadequate for our power needs, and the neighborhood is like a demilitarized zone."
- April 30th, 2014, 10:02 pm#4791806
The first step was creating the background image. I combined sections of three different screencaps to reassemble the empty set without Moranis or Weaver.
![Image](https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/10168111_571011093012458_502350391000435434_n.jpg)
I considered just printing this as a backdrop, but there were going to be challenges in lighting it to match the movie shot, so I opted to insert the toys digitally.
![Image](https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1.0-9/10169275_571010449679189_5262402443343414074_n.jpg)
The figures were shot against white paper which was backlit with a flex-neck lamp.
The paper was just propped up against two objects that were close at hand... two jars of peanut butter.
After that, it was just the digital work of removing the white screen and resizing everything. I also painted out Dana's right hand because it looked a bit too phallic in the finished photo.
![Image](https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/t31.0-8/1956735_708782675830907_2579910692681887580_o.jpg)
Alex
CaptCyan wrote:Nice job on matching the lighting.Thanks!
The first step was creating the background image. I combined sections of three different screencaps to reassemble the empty set without Moranis or Weaver.
![Image](https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/10168111_571011093012458_502350391000435434_n.jpg)
I considered just printing this as a backdrop, but there were going to be challenges in lighting it to match the movie shot, so I opted to insert the toys digitally.
![Image](https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1.0-9/10169275_571010449679189_5262402443343414074_n.jpg)
The figures were shot against white paper which was backlit with a flex-neck lamp.
The paper was just propped up against two objects that were close at hand... two jars of peanut butter.
After that, it was just the digital work of removing the white screen and resizing everything. I also painted out Dana's right hand because it looked a bit too phallic in the finished photo.
![Image](https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/t31.0-8/1956735_708782675830907_2579910692681887580_o.jpg)
Alex
What a knockabout of pure fun that was!
- May 7th, 2014, 11:24 am#4792518
I love the diaramas, very cool! I especially love that World of the Psychic set
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- May 7th, 2014, 1:14 pm#4792525
Thanks!
Here's today's #MidWeekMattyMatters post, although the photo may look familiar, as I actually took it and posted it online back in December.
![Image](https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t31.0-8/10285798_712245232151318_8205554706736620630_o.jpg)
But it felt like a nice continuation of the Keymaster storyline from the past two weeks.
Alex
Here's today's #MidWeekMattyMatters post, although the photo may look familiar, as I actually took it and posted it online back in December.
![Image](https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t31.0-8/10285798_712245232151318_8205554706736620630_o.jpg)
But it felt like a nice continuation of the Keymaster storyline from the past two weeks.
Alex
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What a knockabout of pure fun that was!
- May 9th, 2014, 4:04 pm#4792682
Your work is amazing, I am fairly new to this site, do you do stop motion animation also?
I'm an Animation program grad from AIPH, your work with the dioramas is great
nice work
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I'm an Animation program grad from AIPH, your work with the dioramas is great
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
![*Rolls Eyes* :eyeroll:](./images/smilies/EyeRoll.gif)
![*Sigh* :sigh:](./images/smilies/Sigh.gif)
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- May 9th, 2014, 11:55 pm#4792715
Although I've played with the concept of stop-motion on an older videocamera of mine, I never had any success with it.
If I were to attempt it with Mattel figures, I'd be up the creek when it came time to make Zuul move, wouldn't I?
Alex
If I were to attempt it with Mattel figures, I'd be up the creek when it came time to make Zuul move, wouldn't I?
Alex
What a knockabout of pure fun that was!
- May 14th, 2014, 10:32 am#4793245
Not what I'd planned on doing this week for #MidWeekMattyMatters, but at the last second I was inspired to do something a bit more timely.
![Image](https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31.0-8/10298363_715843768458131_8384686173767885959_o.jpg)
In case you don't get the reference, check out this video:
Alex
![Image](https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31.0-8/10298363_715843768458131_8384686173767885959_o.jpg)
In case you don't get the reference, check out this video:
Alex
What a knockabout of pure fun that was!
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