Weekly Action Review: Competition

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Monday, December 28, 2009

Winners of the 1st W.A.R. Competition

And the results are in:

2nd Runners Up:

Photo Title: Crash Landing in Endor
Description: This is what happened when an AT-AT Driver piloted a stolen Tie Fighter
Submitter: Double H
Note: I really like how the Driver looks like he's struggling through the grass. Superb!

Photo Title: Twilight
Description: Based from the Twilight movie.. modeled by Duke and Baroness from G.I. Joe ROC
Submitter: Khai Yussof a.k.a. Mr. Bokz
Note: I was really torn about this photo and the one below. The effort to include the sky in the background makes it look as if they are really high up in a tree. Nice.
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1st Runner Up

Photo Title: Who's Dying?
Description:This Alien has been terrorizing the American Secret base of Area 51. A lot of people are dead while some are being harvested.This picture shows a soldier whose uniform is already covered with dried blood that clearly shows he's been through hell just to survive,being lifted by one of the alien infesting the base,he lost his primary weapon but luckily he is armed with his sidearm but will he pull the trigger in time or will he be like the rest.....
Submitter: Faris/Garuda5
Note: What can I say? This is just intense. Good choice in action figures. Good choice in additional lighting.
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Winner

Photo Title: Help from a Stranger
Description:Spidey seeking for help from Dr Strange
Submitter: Fadle Salim
Note: The subtle glow, the way Strange faces the camera instead of the crystal ball and the addition of Spidey being strangled in the the crystal ball. Its just to cool. In fact I had to take out my own Dr.Strange figure to compare and mine still doesn't look as mysterious as this.

Congrats to all the winners. I will contact you all shortly. Thank you to all for participating.

Friday, December 25, 2009

Update : Competition

First and foremost I'd like to thank all that have submitted for the competition. I purposely did not put a result date because I was not sure when I could really sit down and have a good look at all the pics submitted. Tentatively I'm looking at the 28th December to announce the 4 winners(names and pics will be posted here). Yes I said 4. There will be 2 spots for 2nd runner up. Yay!! I will contact all the winners via email to confirm which prizes they choose. And in case you're wondering, the Winner will of course have the honour of selecting then 1st runner up will select from the remaining prizes and so on.

I'm in the middle of doing some last minute preparations to go back to Brunei on the 26th. Hopefully all the winners could meet up with me to collect their prizes. Cheers and stay tune to this blog for the results.

Monday, November 23, 2009

1st W.A.R. contest begins today!

As some of you might already know, we are having our 1st competition this month. First off I'd like to thank the bloggers who have mentioned about this in their blog. I hope you guys(and other bloggers) could spread the word again.

For now, I'd like to share some tips to those who would like to join. For the rules & regulations please go to the 'Competitions' tab above.

What's it about?
This is a photo contest. involving your action figures of course. You can use any figures(Barbie dolls or anything associated with that brand are NOT action figures - I will hunt you down it you say otherwise).

Tips
- Don't rush. Take your time. You have almost a whole month to come up with ONE photo. Experiment with different figures and settings. We're looking for an artistic value.
- Quantity doesn't necessarily mean value. Don't put in a whole bunch of figures in your shot(unless you were doing a battle scene I guess).
- Make sure your photo title matches the actual picture...or the very least, makes sense. It does help by giving a brief description.
- Create your own settings. Don't go for just a plain wall for the background. You could go outside and use the buildings, garden, trees OR make your own diorama.
- You don't really need an expensive camera to take great shots. It just makes up 30% of the shot. Most of it comes from your own ingenuity. But if you must insist...you could always borrow one.
- Don't know how to use photoshop to edit your pics? There's always the online photo editor www.picnik.com. Trust me, it's the best photo editor for beginners and it's free!
-If you have any questions, do it in the comment form of this post. Thanks.

I've been a big fan of the pictures available on flickr and it has given me the idea of doing this contest. Below are just some of my favorite photographers on flickr. Have a look at how they've taken photographs of their action figures. Click on the pic or their name to go to their flickr page.