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Barbarachnid! figurine mashup
This build would be a fast, reasonably easy project to combine three Barbies or similar figurines into a six-leg, two-pincer spider creature, with some cutting, heat bending, gluing and painting.
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Tutorial: small-project photography
Taking nice shots of your creative projects is fun and satisfying! In this medium-complexity tutorial, we’ll cover a compact, fast system for extremely high quality photo and video of small projects.
- Skills: Equipment selection, camera use, lightbox use, remote shooting, basic photoshop editing
- Complexity: about medium
- Completion time: one or two sittings
- Tools and materials: Camera, lightbox, lights, computer
A complete compact photo station for your small projects, stores in a small space!
We'll cover
- Using the Foldio2 and Foldio3 lightboxes for even illumination
- Using the Foldio Halo light set for even illumination of irregular objects
- Using the Orangemonkie table tripod with fluid head, for solid setups and easy fine adjustment
- Using the Canon M50 DSLR set with lens and memory card
for amazing still and video quality - Using the Canon PC application for accurate remote shooting and fast work
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