David Bickley's Wargames Blog

The occasional ramblings of an average gamer, journeyman painter, indifferent modeller, games designer, sometime writer for Wargames Illustrated and host of games in GHQ.



Wednesday 22 February 2023

Holding up the sky, again.

I've spent a more than pleasant couple of hours in GHQ in the company of Dan and Phil while Dan worked his photographic magic on my modest SYW collection. The camera may not lie, but it certainly can exaggerate if say. A few of the many pictures he took should appear in the May issue of Wargames Illustrated accompanying a piece I have written about the collection's origins and stop-start growth. Some images first, taken as I set out the collection ~

Between my turn at sky supporting duties I took a few pictures myself, taking advantage of the stronger lighting he brings ~

Finally, the man himself at work. 101 photos taken over a couple of hours, plus a few dozen closeups on his camera phone ~

It's a great deal of work to amass pictures for one shortish article in one month's edition of the magazine. It's a bit like the 1/9th visible of the iceberg in relation to what goes in the magazine set against the number of pictures taken.


22 comments:

  1. I must say the collection looks quite impressive when all laid out, quite superb in fact. Luke Skyholder

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    1. Thank you Phil, that's very kind. Remember, the Force, strong in you it is...

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  2. A goodly amount of goodness there, all gathered in one place. I am quite taken by that camp. Will look forward to the article.

    Does Dan keep all the pics so they can be used in the future when needed? I seem to remember Duncan used to use partizan and a few other shows to boost his supply library, so that he always had a picture to fall back on.

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    1. Thank you Norm. I guess pictures that are useable are stored as it's all digital.

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  3. Truly a wargaming spectacle. Good stuff!

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  4. Most kind, thank you Jonathan.

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  5. Plenty of eye candy there David and you certainly have a lovely collection:). I must say I'm rather taken with the fort, or part thereof and now feel the urge to get something similar for myself...

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    1. Thank you SteveJ. The Vauban fortress I ordered from Germany just before we left the EU. Delivered by courier in two days from placing order. A ready painted foam piece, about €120 if I recall correctly.

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  6. Great photos and lovely figures!

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    1. Thanks for the kind sentiments, much appreciated.

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  7. Great looking table and a fantastic collection.
    Might just have to get a copy of May's WI

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    1. Thank you Andy, hope you will enjoy the magazine

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  8. That is a fantastic collection David!

    Christopher

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    1. Thank you Christopher, much appreciated.

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  9. Excellent looking collection. The angle and cropping of the photos makes such a difference to my engagement with the photos.
    Richard

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    1. Thank you Richard. I shall try to remember that for future photos.

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  10. A wonderful set of pictures there Dave... glad to see everything went well. The figures look superb, the collection really seems to have come to life over the last few weeks. Excellent work!

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    1. Many thanks Paul, much appreciated. A shame you missed seeing it, but stuff happens as they say

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  11. A top looking collection old chap…
    I look forward to reading the article…

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Many thanks Aly, let's hope you'll not be disappointed.

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