Make no mistake about it - my passion lies in the miniature hobby. I am an avid fan of tabletop wargaming, which involves the waging battles across tabletop battlefields, using miniature models no taller than one's thumb to represent our troops. Duels are resolved using dice, and our miniatures have to navigate through terrain in order ot reach their opponents.
There are several ways one may photograph miniatures. The most common is to mount the subject on a plinth and take photos from every possible angle. This is mainly to showcase the painter's style, technique, colour choic - essentially, to show off the painter's skill.
The other, which I will show below, is to use these miniatures to tell a story.
Compared to a video game, one has to imagine the visual and sound effects that are created from weapons fire, detonations, dying men or exploding vehicles. As much as possible, my shots attempt to depict the battle as seen from a soldier's perspective, or to tell the story of the battle. The soldiers cluster tightly around each other as they prepare to face the horde of chittering aliens. The battlesuit aims down its weaponsights at a distant target. A general rides atop his mighty steed and signals for the charge. All these are scenes can be represented through the course of a tabletop battle, and has been captured on camera.
The following photos were shots taken during the Road to War 3: Desperate Allies tournament.
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