Vikings on a cold nigth-watch

[fenris]

I´m mainly collecting star wars minifigs and discovered photography as a new hobby. As i happen to have some vikings too i thougth it yould be nice taking some shots of them too. So here they are:

I hope this is not considered off-topic and maybe some viking-fans enjoy...

[prateek]

That looks great! The flame size is perfect for figs

[Darth Legolas]

Were you really that comfortable with a plastic minifig...wearing a cloth cape that close to fire? Or maybe it's photoshopped. I don't have an eye for that kind of thing.

Great job on these!

[Capt. Redblade]

Very neat use of match sticks as logs. Perfect proportioning for little men in capes who stand not even two inches tall. But Darth Legolas has a point... I would never let my minifigs get that near an open flame...

[posades]

Were you really that comfortable with a plastic minifig...wearing a cloth cape that close to fire?

Great job on these!

I'm with you Darth Legolas on this, you have more guts than me since I would be afraid of melting and catching on fire.

Great job on the photography, love the "snow" on the helmet and the little details like the sword being stuck in the ground.

[Sir Gecko]

Were you really that comfortable with a plastic minifig...wearing a cloth cape that close to fire?

I thought the same thing.

Nice job on this, great photos. Is that really snow? looks like sand.

[Athos]

Very cool.

As to any risk of damaging a figure: if you have a viking chess set, you've got viking figures to burn... literally...

Steve

[gormadoc]

You've captured the image realy well, It's simple but fantastic.

[BlueBard]

Simply great! You prepared the "photo-set" really well and the result are those magnetic pics

[Tom Bricks]

I never noticed until now how cold that Viking face on the right looks. Good idea and well executed.

[saberwing]

great job!

I love the face of the vikings.

Did you have to take the photos quickly? (because of the matches that burn out.)

[medieval_total_lego]

great job, the final effect is very very nice

[Admiral Croissant]

This is the only way to get such a realistic and good-looking light effect, so it might be off topic, but there is no other choice Good work, it looks very nice

[pedro]

Some excellent photography yet again Fenris! The first shot is definately my favourite, the lighting you've created from the little fire is superb - the fire itself really suits the scene too.

Keep up the good work

[Captain Blackmoor]

I'm jealous at your photographing skills. The pictures are awesome. It is also the first time I see real fire combined with LEGO. The flame adds a lot.

Nice job!

[fenris]

First of all: thanks a lot for the positive feedback! Sorry for my late response, but i was on vacation for a week.

@snow: the snow is powdered and crystal sugar

@fire: the fire was only burning for 5 seconds maximum and i had to be really quick in takin the pics. i put some candle-wax on the matches to let the fire burn a little longer.

THE MINIFIGS WERE NEVER IN DANGER - NO MINIFIGS HAVE BEEN HURT OR DAMAGED DURING THIS PHOTO-SESSION

[Big Cam]

Awesome pics! As a fellow photographer, I'm curious what kind of camera you used and your shutter speed?

[fenris]

shutter what????

For the moment I only have a pocket cam, a canon ixus is 80 I think... just put on the macro mode and the rest ist on auto...