[ptcoo] Chris.75 : My Collection

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Superb collection Chris and nicely displayed. You look very content in your 'man cave'.

That's a fantastic collection. Nicely displayed and photographed. Thanks for sharing.

beautiful collection , love the display . that radio controlled sandcrawler is a beauty . r5 looks great in there

Thanks for the kind words guys, I really appreciate it

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Glad you like the Sandcrawler Bill, its a great vehicle, but it can be temperamental as hell sometimes it works, sometimes not, sometimes it will only drive backwards
It would be great to see a Limelight from you as well Bill, I bet you have an impressive run of Poch figures by now.

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That goes for you too Steve, I'd love to see more of your collection

Awesome collection !!!!!!!!

I've updated my limelight with a few new pics, including an updated Lili Ledy group shot, with individual pics of each of my Ledy figures.
Updated pics of my 12" collection, and I have added pics of all of my mini rigs too.

thanks for looking,

Chris.

Great updates Chris! You have one of the best variant collections that I've seen plus those photos are stunning.

I love the way you are posing in your collection room with your crotch stuck out like a real mack daddy.

Top stuff all-round mate!

thanks Christian, I didn't realise my crotch was so prominent, or protruding in my pic

Still a long way to go on the variant collecting game though, before I am anywhere near in the same league as some of the other guys on here like Henrik, Kenneth or Marco.

Awesome collection you have bro, what make is that short Vader in the Vader Side Focus 4th over from the left looks like a bikerscout sortof thing he is cool .

Nice Chris, love the group shots, they look great.

arohk wrote:Awesome collection you have bro, what make is that short Vader in the Vader Side Focus 4th over from the left looks like a bikerscout sortof thing he is cool .

Thank you Larry

The Vader figure is a Polish bootleg, with practically all the figures in this line they used the same limbs, for all their figures.
he should have a cape and sword, but my example is incomplete.

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M4K3R1 wrote:Nice Chris, love the group shots, they look great.

Thank you very much Oscar, my Vader figure and cardback collections would not be what they are today, without your generous help my friend

You do have a fantastic collection Chris

Your display is clean , neat and well organized . I've said it plenty of times before but I have to say it again - your photography skills are second to none

Please replace my 12 " figure photos in the library guide with yours when you get the chance - your pics are way better then my are and we need the best for the guides

great updated pics Chris , keep it up !!!!!

Fantastic collection, and not only that fantastic pictures as well.
A lot of love and dedication went into it.

Thanks for sharing, Chris!

Great collection, thanks for sharing (:

Thank you all for your very kind comments guys

ourchickenshack wrote:You do have a fantastic collection Chris

Your display is clean , neat and well organized . I've said it plenty of times before but I have to say it again - your photography skills are second to none

Please replace my 12 " figure photos in the library guide with yours when you get the chance - your pics are way better then my are and we need the best for the guides

Thank you very much james, although I think that the photos you took for the 12" line, in the library section, are very good and do not really need replacing.

But I am not all that happy with the ones I took originally, of R2, Vader and Boba Fett, so I will re do all of them, for better continuity

I have just received a much larger light tent, in the post today. It measures 80cm x 80cm x 80cm (30") so will accommodate the 12" line of figures much better than my other light tent did.
It is also big enough to fit most vehicles and playsets inside too, so I can re shoot some of those pics as well

chris.75 wrote:I have just received a much larger light tent, in the post today. It measures 80cm x 80cm x 80cm (30") so will accommodate the 12" line of figures much better than my other light tent did.
It is also big enough to fit most vehicles and playsets inside too, so I can re shoot some of those pics as well

Congrats on getting your new light tent Chris mate You have had some stunning results with your old one, your a bit of a David Bailey on the quiet
With these light tents do you use a natural light source or just rely on the lamps you get with the tent, or a combination of both The one I have I don't think the lamps are powerful enough to light up the tent but they really do get hot

Thanks Andy, the new light tent is a pop up tent, so although large, it is easy to store and assemble when needed.
My smaller light tent is permanently set up to take pics at any time

with regards to the lamps that come with the light tent, you are right, they do get very hot quite quickly. They often burn out after a few uses, especially if left on for long periods of time.
I replaced the bulbs in my lamps with LED light bulbs, which cast a better colour and do not get hot at all, so last much longer.

here is a link to the ebay site that i get my bulbs from: LINK

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Cheers

Chris thanks for the links mate, I'll check the led bulbs out
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You have a lot more lights going on than the 2 you get with the light tent, I don't think my 2 lights are giving enough light to illuminate the tent
Chris I don't want to spoil your great limelight with questions bro, you can move these to the taking pics thread mate

No worries Andy, but yeah it may be of use to others if this bit is moved to the 'taking photos tips' thread

You're right though,  two small lamps is not really enough, without plenty of natural light too.

If you do not have spare desk lamps to use, as additional lighting. You could try taking pics with the light tent outside, on a dry day. Or on a rainy day,  by placing the light tent as close to an inside widow as possible.

If you are using a compact camera with limited settings, then two lamps will not be enough.  But if you are able to manually adjust the iso, aperture and shutter speed settings. Then you will get much better results in poor light conditions.

I've replaced all the missing pics and broken links here. I'm gonna try and gradually do the same for all my other posts

Wow what a fantastic collection! very impressed

chris.75 wrote:I've replaced all the missing pics and broken links here. I'm gonna try and gradually do the same for all my other posts

Thanks Chris. I forgot how good your collection looks.