The best things in life are actually really expensive. Success is just failure that hasn’t happened yet. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it. Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines. Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe. I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes the reason is you’re stupid and make bad decisions. Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours is watching television. Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment. I’ve developed a new philosophy. I only dread one day at a time.

ESU Infantry Lightbox Test

Desiring a countertop-appropriate “studio” solution that could be broken down and put in the closet, I purchased a cheapo light box from Amazon.

It came with a variety of coloured backdrops, of which the blue was pretty much guaranteed to never get any use; I cut off the upper and finished the lower portion using the same acylic caulk and flock mixture as my gaming mats.

For a backplane, I nabbed a random landscape picture (of somewhere in Saxony, IIRC) off the the ‘net and printed it on letter paper. Good enough.

I didn’t feel like pulling out the ole D800 and mucking about with lens selection, so the following were taken using my phone (an LG V60), with a few adjustments made in Luminar 4 afterwards.

Fire lane sighted, an autocannon team settles in and waits for contact
Smart-mortar crew prepares for a fire mission
Test shot down main street
Observing the far shore
Show of force to remind the local villagers of who is in the position of authority
A power armour patrol passes by the wreck of a cargo shuttle
A fireteam contemplates the river
ATGM team set up at the edge of a wood