Army Men Around the House

[Garethm]

I've been taking this series of photos for about 7 years or so. It first started when I was unemployed and bored at home and started taking photos of the scale models I build attacking my brother's cat. Over the years this hobby has evolved for me and I've graduated from taking these pictures with my phone to using a Canon Rebel T6 and I've even managed to get some paid work here and there.


You can find my work at Army Men Around the House - Imagine what might happen if your home were invaded by legions of tiny little people. (http://armymenaroundthehouse.ca)
https://www.instagram.com/armymenaroundthehouse/
https://www.facebook.com/armymenaroundthehouse/

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I've also started taking a series of Film Noir themed photos, since that genre peaked shortly after world war two, and there are a pretty good selection of 1:35 scale civilians for me to work with.

https://i.imgur.com/Vgqfg8q.jpg
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I've found lately for the noir stuff in particular that building scenery and using it much the way film sets would be built in the studio at the time to be a very practical approach.

[theantiquetiger]

First of all, welcome!!!
These photos are awesome and very creative (I checked out your website as well).
Ever think about expanding out to other toys? I think it would be cool to see a battle scene with these metal figures vs the old plastic green army men. Or get one of those old Marx Toys western sets

[Garethm]

I've considered that, but I also feel that painting each figure myself is part of the process in getting these shots. It is something that has crossed my mind a few times though.

[Marko]

Welcome!
I like the thoughtfulness behind each one - lots of fun play with lights and shadows - placing each figure juuust right....each one is really well done and of course they work great as a set.
If I'm forced to choose faves....really like the cassette tape and the last image.
Thx for sharing them

[theantiquetiger]

About ten years ago or so, I collected toys, and one of my big collections was Hot Wheels. I would find old beat up Redlines and refurbish them. I started looking around the internet and found where people redo Hot Wheels, build elaborate dioramas, and photograph those, usually in tilt-shift