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Title: Procession in Ancient Egypt
Post by: conniefrere on May 18, 2012, 17:53:18: Hello playmofriends,

I made a diorama of my Egyptian, Roman and some Safari theme's from my collection. I did not have any nice backdrops, still working on that, so I decided to Photoshop a little bit. Well I must say the result is rather satisfactory.

Here are some pics of the dio. Some others will follow, but it takes a long time to remove the background in my pictures with Photoshop.
Hope you like'm.

:wave:

Entry into the gate
(http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff509/conniefrere/Egypt/FB3.jpg)

Welcome by the Praefectus
(http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff509/conniefrere/Egypt/FB1.jpg)

The charioteers
(http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff509/conniefrere/Egypt/FB2.jpg)

The sarcophagus
(http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff509/conniefrere/Egypt/FB4b.jpg)
Title: Re: Procession in Ancient Egypt
Post by: Wolf Knight on May 18, 2012, 17:57:24: Awesome!!!! Its been some time since we saw anything egyptian in the forum :love: :love: :love:
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Post by: Rhalius on May 18, 2012, 18:28:30: It looks great, it reminds me of the movie Cleopatra. :)
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Post by: bonniebeth on May 18, 2012, 19:01:35: Absolutely awesome pictures! :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Post by: el jefe on May 18, 2012, 19:27:18: Beautiful pics!!! :clap: :clap:
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Post by: conniefrere on May 18, 2012, 19:35:27: Thanks a lot folks! Hope to make some more pics soon.
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Post by: playmofire on May 18, 2012, 19:47:17: Awesome stuff, and the photoshop has worked very well.
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Post by: conniefrere on May 18, 2012, 19:48:51: Quote from: playmofire on May 18, 2012, 19:47:17
Awesome stuff, and the photoshop has worked very well.

Thanks!
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Post by: cheng on May 19, 2012, 01:08:21: very nice ensemble conniefrere! I most particularly like the passing-thru-town photo...I did buy one of those mud houses but still wondering how to use it :P
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Post by: Pynedor on May 19, 2012, 01:39:35: Quote from: Wolf Knight on May 18, 2012, 17:57:24
Awesome!!!! Its been some time since we saw anything egyptian in the forum :love: :love: :love:

There does seem to be a lack of Egypt theme stuff! :lol:

This is a really cool setup though, and I say more Egypt theme is great! :)
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Post by: Georgeag1972 on May 19, 2012, 09:10:40: Wonderful diorama with very nice scenes and great pictures, congratulations. :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Egyptians are one of my favourite themes too. :love:
Many thanks for sharing. :wow: :wow:

George.
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Post by: Lindama on May 19, 2012, 11:56:55: Very nicely done indeed!
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Post by: conniefrere on May 19, 2012, 16:53:05: Thank you cheng, pynedor, george and lindama! :wave:
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Post by: conniefrere on June 01, 2012, 20:24:16: I posted some of these pictures on the playmobil facebookpage. The second is one of the most popular fan pictures of may!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Yes, Im very proud at myself. :)
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Post by: Hadoque on June 02, 2012, 01:39:19: Great images! 8-)
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Post by: Skywalker on June 02, 2012, 06:44:56: Nice Pics ! i liked the first one very much. just a little tipp : if you use a gaussian blur in photoshop for the backdrop ( maybe 4 or 5 % ) you might get an even more realistic look

:wave:
Title: Re: Procession in Ancient Egypt
Post by: conniefrere on June 02, 2012, 11:52:23: Quote from: Skywalker on June 02, 2012, 06:44:56
Nice Pics ! i liked the first one very much. just a little tipp : if you use a gaussian blur in photoshop for the backdrop ( maybe 4 or 5 % ) you might get an even more realistic look

:wave:

Thank you! I'll keep your tipp in mind. This was the first time I photoshopped with background layers. I was also thinking tomtry and use the lens blur option. What would work better?
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Post by: kaethe on June 02, 2012, 16:53:44: Very nice. I like your lighting, the brilliance and sharp shadows add to the appearance of bright midday sun.
kaethe
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Post by: PlaymoMan on June 03, 2012, 14:59:40: Wow, fantastic images! Great diorama! :clap:
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Post by: DrDalek6 on June 03, 2012, 19:55:05: Nice Egyptians I like your Roman Soldiers as well
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Post by: conniefrere on June 03, 2012, 20:50:49: Thanks guys!
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Post by: stadswache on June 03, 2012, 20:52:47: wooooow...
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Post by: Lynx on June 06, 2012, 10:31:28: These are beautyful, Jan! Great eye for detail and realistic action scenes! The Egyptian theme is lovely, the Roman as well... Great to combine it.. reminds me of the comic Asterix and Cleopatra. Great!! :love:
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Post by: conniefrere on June 06, 2012, 16:15:32: Thanks Joost and indeed the romans and egyptians can be mixed properly! I have all those comics of Asterix, they're great these comics made me intersted in the roman civilisation in the first place. I also made a pic of the celt one time......check how he swings a roman as obelix.

brave celtic warrior (http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=9296.0)
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Post by: PlaymoMan on June 12, 2012, 21:00:05: Great pics!
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Post by: Playmoholics on June 13, 2012, 02:48:01: Awesome pics and setup! :)9
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Post by: Justindo on August 05, 2012, 09:50:33: Magnificent procession, conniefrere! The Egyptians have never looked better and your backgrounds look good too! :egypt: :roman: