04-10-2008, 02:09 AM
Wow, that looks great!! Yes, it is VERY hard to photograph polished bronze or brass, particularly with indoor lighting and a flash. One part will be all dark and another all flash glare... I stand back as far as I can and zoom in, that helps dissapate the flash.
Don't worry about it looking "too finished". Go ahead and plannish out as much of the hammer lumps as you can, and it will still never look machined or stamped out.
The backplate on my own cuirass ended up looking very "hunchbacked" for some reason.
http://www.larp.com/hoplite/cuirass9.jpg
http://www.larp.com/hoplite/gamers1.jpg
It's a deceptively difficult piece to fit, but it looks like you did an excellent job. (Mine is a Bronze Age cuirass, not Classical Greek, by the way!)
Keep at it!! Khaire,
Matthew
Don't worry about it looking "too finished". Go ahead and plannish out as much of the hammer lumps as you can, and it will still never look machined or stamped out.
The backplate on my own cuirass ended up looking very "hunchbacked" for some reason.
http://www.larp.com/hoplite/cuirass9.jpg
http://www.larp.com/hoplite/gamers1.jpg
It's a deceptively difficult piece to fit, but it looks like you did an excellent job. (Mine is a Bronze Age cuirass, not Classical Greek, by the way!)
Keep at it!! Khaire,
Matthew
Matthew Amt (Quintus)
Legio XX, USA
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.larp.com/legioxx/">http://www.larp.com/legioxx/
Legio XX, USA
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.larp.com/legioxx/">http://www.larp.com/legioxx/
