Slitherine

Just a short note to say that we would like to include photographs of your figures in the forthcoming companion books, nicely based and painted. The composition can be single figures or groups, or if you are up for it action battle scences, with good terrain.

The priviso is that you need to be able to take a decent photograph at least 300DPI. Really all this means is that you need to set your camera to a fine or high setting.

Pictures are by far better in natural day light.

If this is of interest to you, the next book we are looking for is Decline and Fall - Byzantium at War and of course you will be fully credited for your work.

Contact me at jdm@slitherine.co.uk if you are interested.

I have noted the armies below that we are interested in for the next book being worked on.

Regards
JDM

EARLY BYZANTINE - 4 -
LATER MOORISH - 7 -
LATER MOORISH ALLIES - 7 -
LATER VISIGOTHIC - 8 -
LATER VISIGOTHIC ALLIES - 10 -
AFRICAN VANDAL - 11 -
ITALIAN OSTROGOTHIC - 12 -
EARLY SOUTH SLAV - 14 -
EARLY SOUTH SLAV ALLIES - 15 -
LOMBARD - 16 -
MAURIKIAN BYZANTINE - 18 -
MAURIKIAN BYZANTINE ALLIES - 21 -
CHRISTIAN NUBIAN - 22 -
AVAR - 24 -
AVAR ALLIES - 26 -
WESTERN TURKISH - 27 -
WESTERN TURKISH ALLIES - 28 -
ARAB CONQUEST - 29 -
EARLY BULGAR - 32 -
EARLY BULGAR ALLIES - 34 -
THEMATIC BYZANTINE - 35 -
THEMATIC BYZANTINE ALLIES - 38 -
UMAYYAD ARAB - 39 -
ABBASID ARAB - 41 -
ABBASID ARAB ALLIES - 44 -
EARLY NORTH AFRICAN DYNASTIES - 45 -
EARLY NORTH AFRICAN DYNASTIES ALLIES - 47 -
KHURASANIAN DYNASTIES - 48 -
KHURASANIAN DYNASTIES ALLIES - 50 -
BEDOUIN DYNASTIES - 51 -
BEDOUIN DYNASTIES ALLIES - 53 -
DAILAMI DYNASTIES - 54 -
DAILAMI DYNASTIES ALLIES - 56 -
KURDISH ALLIES - 56 -
BAGRATID ARMENIAN ALLIES - 57 -
PECHENEG - 58 -
PECHENEG ALLIES - 59 -
GHAZNAVID - 60 -
NIKEPHORIAN BYZANTINE - 62 -

Unfortunately all I have are some hoplites and Early imperial romans. I would have liked to find out if my painting was good enough. Oh Well.

Those would have been useful earlier, but never mind just get painting:-)

We can use single figures as well

Regards
JDM

Check out my Wiki at

http://littlearmies.pbwiki.com/FrontPage

They are all Hellenistic so probably no good to you, and Ive reduced the pics to 20% because of space allocations on the site. However I could get a few relevant figures and do them if you are interested.

Also have a look at the French FOG site of Nicofig as there's a good gallery there.

http://www.fieldofglory.fr/

Will

Nice quality Will

These would certainly pass muster:-)

JDM

What do I do if my camera doesn't shoot in 300dpi. I've got an 8 megapixel camera that shoots in "superfine" mode but no matter what settings I use the dpi doesn't change. Is 300PPIX300PPI the same thing? Here is a quote I read from a photography sight on the net: "

What Print Shops Really Mean by DPI
Okay - your print shop/graphics designer/magazine has asked for a digital photo at 300 DPI. What do they really mean by this?

What they are really asking for is a photo that will print at a certain paper dimension in inches at 300 pixels per inch (PPI). If you remember from the Myth of DPI, the term DPI is a holdover from when this setting in a digital photo would set the paper output quality (resolution) of a printed image (number of printer dots per inch). This is no longer the case, but people still confuse DPI with PPI.

Back to our print shop - if they are looking for a digital photo to print at 10 inches by 8 inches, at 300 PPI, then they are really looking for a digital image with a resolution of 3000 pixels by 2400 pixels (regardless of the DPI setting of that image).

What Print Shops Really Need
The concept that 300 PPI = photographic quality is also a holdover from the quality of printing equipment a decade ago. Present day printers will output a good quality digital photo, with "photographic quality" at 200 PPI - so the requirements for a 10 inch by 8 inch paper photo become a good quality digital image with pixel dimensions of 2000 pixels by 1600 pixels.

A good quality digital photo is one:
taken with a good quality digital camera (good optics and digital sensor)
a photo that has not been enlarged either in post-processing or by in-camera digital zoom (never (ever) use digital zoom).
a photo that has been properly shot (good lighting, no blur)
a photo shot within the camera's ideal ISO range (usually a low ISO such as ISO 100)
a photo that has been stored in either a lossless format (i.e. TIF) or a very low compressed JPEG (highest camera JPEG quality setting).
Such a photo will reproduce on paper at photographic quality (assuming current printing technology) at 200 PPI.

A Note to Print Shops and Graphics DesignersI keep getting emails from poor folk who say that their print shop or graphics designer keep asking for digital phots at ___DPI (usually 300 DPI). Please STOP DOING THIS to your poor clients - ask for what you really need, ____ pixels in your prefered format (i.e. low compressed JPG or a TIF). If your need is for a digital photo that can be printed at high quality at a width of 6 inches, and you think that 300 ppi is what is required to do this (based on your equipment), then you need a digital photo that is 1800 pixels in width (regardless of its DPI setting since it's a meaningless figure). So, ask for a digital photo that is at least 1800 pixels in width. Tell your client not to resize the photo. If the photo is less 1800 pixels, ask them to send it along anyway (so that you can test it) and that if it is larger than 1800 pixels it's also okay (don't have them resize a larger photo down to your "at least" pixel figure). If you are running older equipment/software that needs a particular DPI setting, then set it in the photo after you have received it."

I have a nice Gripping Beast Berber Army, is that what you are calling Early North African Dynasties ?

regards
Paul

Those are really cool!!!