I've used white poster paper and then also used like a fake marble countertop sticker from the dollar store pasted on the poster paper. More recently though I've been using a computer monitor that I got connected to my laptop and that is on an adjustable monitor stand so I can move it up, down, forwards and backwards. I just try and find a suitable image on google for whatever I'm photographing or envision in my head. lol. Maybe you could try using a TV as the backdrop too? If you can connect a laptop or something to it to put up background images.

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Nice shots.

Beautiful :lol

Truly embodying the Halloween spirit there, haha.

I see dead people.....

Spooky scary, I love it! Great shot!

These guys are going up for sale very soon, so I thought I'd take decent pictures of them before I do that. It's been fun, but I'm done with SH Figuarts, for now.

Those are some very impressive customs!! What inspired the Drive ones?

lol you're too kind

The Drive ones I was actually inspired by super random, mundane things. I'd go as far as to say they were guilty pleasures.

For Chase, I just wanted something that looked stronger and bulkier than just Kamen Rider Chaser. Zero-Two had just debuted around the time I started working on that figure, and I wanted something that captured its simplicity, and didn't deviate too much from the original design.

For Drive, I had just been a massive fan of Super Deadheat Drive since it was first revealed, and I had always wanted to turn it into something a little different. Many years later, when Night Rogue came around, it seemed like the perfect opportunity since they both have the whole smokey thing going on. Also, I was watching Zero-One at this time, and after disassembling the Mach Driver a bit, I couldn't help but think it reminded me of the Raidriser, which was kind of cool to me? lol I dunno

For Gold Drive, for the longest time, I thought he would look fucking awesome if he had just had Super Mashin Chaser's shoulders, despite the fact the colors didn't actually match. It's like Banno's biggest "fuck you" to Gou. I probably could have just stopped there, but I took it a few steps further by giving him most of Super Mashin Chaser's body. If the colors actually matched, I think I'd be most proud of this one. As for the random Kylo Ren lightsaber...I just thought it would look cool lol

When the five horns cross, the golden soldier Thouser is born.
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Credit to a good friend of mine for finding the images for the overlays.

awesome

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Eiji's known this cat since this morning

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Wonder what Ankh thinks.

The first rider.
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Took the plunge on the reissue OOO's and it's incredibly solid. I'm still avoiding the arm swap gimmick just in case.

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Nice shots! Did you use a prop for the moon? It works really well.

A.I.M. never stood a chance let's be real :lol

Awesome shot. Also, this fits with your avatar oddly enough, but the figure I was talking about yesterday is this guy. I wasn't really prepared to adore him this much but once I took him out of the package all those good memories of watching Den-O came right back, and Momotaros was one of my favorites. Man, I hope we get a Deneb that is as good as this one.

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Thanks! The A.I.M. guys were definitely outmatched...maybe that should be a clue to Horobi and Jin that they fought the wrong guys, they're supposed to fight A.I.M.S., not A.I.M.! Easy mistake to make I guess. :lol

And yes, that Momotaros is great! I loved Den-O, Momotaros especially (Hence the avatar lol), so a Shinkocchou Seihou Momotaros was something I'd been hoping for. And he lived up to the hype, he's a really great figure.

I'm hoping for Deneb next too, now that Zeronos has been announced, they'd look so good together. Hopefully they'll do all the Imagin at some point.

Yep! It's a kids nightlight, like one I had from when I was young.
I was super eh on the figure, but it is absolutely one of the best they've done. great shot!

Thats whats great about the seihou line. The engineering on the joints to make them as unobtrusive as possible and integrating them into the sculpt is like magic. Really makes these bug men feel life-like in your hands. Can't wait for Black, that one is mwah! (Chef's kiss). Just wondering how that rubber will hold up over time. Also, i wanted to ask, Shyguy, what did you use for the background in the Metsubojinrai vs A.I.M pic. I've seen you use it in a couple of pics and it looks soo good along with your immaculate lighting and posing. I just have to know lol. And Deathryuger, your practical effects skills are killer, always look forward to seeing your work.

That background is from a series of diorama sets called Ubiquitous, by a company called Nova. It's basically a box of parts and panels that you can put together in almost any configuration you want, so it's very customizable. There's two versions of it, with and without the LEDs. I have the LED version as you can see in the photos, and I will say that as cool as it looks when put together, it's kind of a huge pain in the ass to build. I'd definitely recommend it for anyone wanting a cool background for photos, just with the disclaimer that the process of actually building it is not very pleasant. :lol

And thank you for the kind words about the lighting! That's something I've worked hard on improving at over the years, with a lot of experimentation and practice. I use Lume Cubes for the main lighting, which I think are perfect for toy photography, I love them. For colored lighting I just use some relatively cheap little color-changing lights intended for closet lighting that I found at a hardware store, but they work great for this.

The fantastic pictures you guys post here inspired me to try my hand at toy photography. I actually posted them on my blog which is my homepage and can be accessed by clciking my name. I know the lighting is harsh and the pictures not as sharp, but i just want to know if theyre a good start. Since your so adept at toy photography, it would mean a lot to me if you took a look and told me what you think. Also, for lumecubes which is the better light to get, the portable one or the standard?

Your shots are definitely a good start, keep it up! The best way to improve is of course to just keep practicing, and checking out the work of other photographers to see how they do angles, posing, composition, etc. There are a lot of them out there on Instagram and Twitter, for example.

For the Lume Cubes I personally have two of the Lume Cube 2.0 and their accessories. They're nice and I like them a lot, but some other photographers use different set ups. A lot of photographers use light boxes, I've never used one myself so I can't help much with those, but I know they're pretty common with toy photography. But honestly you don't need anything fancy, the more you experiment with what you have and figure out your own style, the easier it'll be to eventually figure out what setup will be right for you.

Softboxes are the best for toy photography as you get a nice even diffused light.

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Awesome use of twist/bread ties.

I totally forgot I had this RKF Horobi lying around. I bought him like 6 months ago for 5 bucks. I just applied some black nail polish because he was an absolute eyesore to look at.

I'm no good at this, but it was a fun experiment and I'm really pleased with how much better he looks. I also modified a SO-DO Attache Arrow and gave him a black RKF hand to hold it. What I'm really surprised at is the nail polish did NOT chip at all. It doesn't even feel like it's there. I applied the nail polish so many months ago. Back when I applied it, I had a hunch that the nail polish might corrode the plastic, since RKFs use a bit softer plastic than what I'm used to, but it totally works.

It was actually really fun to do this. I'm shit, but I want to keep at it. I might do this with more RKF Zero-One figures. I'm thinking Rampage Vulcan is next.

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Surprised you don't have Build in there too.

Simply because I don't have him :cry

Oh... I got him mixed up with your Cross-Z. My bad.

Don't quite have him either! I have RabbitRabbit and Cross-Z Great, but the base forms are yet to land in my hands.

"Black Hole Finish! Ciao~"

He's a great looking figure, but the skirt does cause some issues. The skirt is kind of a soft rubbery plastic, so it's not nearly as bad as what they did to Cronus with the solid plastic skirt, but it's also not nearly as good as the fabric they used for Wizard. He's kind of in between them. I'm looking forward to the SHF Upgrade skirt!

(Also I realized too late that the cardboard box I used to set up the display is blatantly obvious in this shot, but in my defense I took this at like 2:00am and was exhausted. :lol)

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