space marine - macro

[dakegra]

space marine - macro, originally uploaded by dakegra.

Ok, ok, it's not really a 'macro', per se. 50mm lens atop tripod, as close as I could get it and still focus.

I spotted this little guy atop some shelving and really liked the lighting.

This was the first of the Games Workshop Space Marines miniatures I ever painted, probably 20 years ago. He's lasted pretty well!

Comments

[lebeautemps.livejournal.com]

Lordy. You a Warhammer geek too?

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

I just liked painting the miniatures.

:-)

[lebeautemps.livejournal.com]

Yuh RIGHT.

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

stroooo!

[lebeautemps.livejournal.com]

I did some Chaos Space Marines, then some Dark Eldar and drew the line. Dark Eldar have huge cod-pieces which really made me queasy having to get so close.

[jugglebug.livejournal.com]

I still have all of my games workshop stuff. Dug it out of the loft 4 or 5 years ago to let my nephew paint some as I still had plenty unpainted.

I have a friend who still paints em as his primary hobby. Thats not sad for a 35 yr old is it??? He claims he doesn't play the games anymore, but I don't believe him :-) I have this vision of him standing around a table in the gamesworkshop store arguing with 3 lads half his size, but dressed exactly the same :-)

[lebeautemps.livejournal.com]

Not sad at all. I think its a common misconception about Warhammer. The clubs in London(Charing Cross and Clapham) do not allow under 18's for a start. I went to a tournament in Newbury last year and there were fewer than 10 kids in a room of more than 250 players. And that's a good thing: Warhammer is not, as you know, a simple game. And playing with adults makes for a better match. Dirty army lists excluded, obv.

And FYI: I don't play. I just put up with it.

[pickwick.livejournal.com]

SPACE MARINES!

I have some chaos marines I never got around to painting. Probably just as well, considering the colours my Dawn Of War army tends to be...

[san-valentine.livejournal.com]

Somewhere (Chris' games room, I suspect) I have some figures I bought when I started roleplaying back in about 1984. In fact, they were by Citadel, before their figures became big and spiky. Before Warhammer, even.

Some of Chris' figures are even older.

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

this one must date back to the mid- to late-eighties, I'm sure.

[dave-t-lurker.livejournal.com]

It isn't a macro because it doesn't say "OH HAI, I HAZ A GUN" or something daft like that.

I was looking at macro lenses last night. The 105mm f2.8 micro Nikko VR is so bloody tempting in every way except the price.

[jugglebug.livejournal.com]

Ok now I am going to have to go and get some of mine out of the attic and take pictures with my new shiny..
OK so I bought it for work, but well......

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

mark it down as 'practice'

:-)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It's sad about his gun being all droopy.

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

well, he is getting a bit old.

I noticed that after I'd taken the photos. He's now back to his usual perky self.

:-)

[hak42.livejournal.com]

Wow, the 40k range has changed a bit over the years!

I need to paint.