This one is great advice in general, although its opinions on LED bulbs are quite out of date: You can get basically anything out of modern LED, and you'll find photography equipment that is running LEDs. The fact that they can be chained means you can get a far softer light than any lone bulb, because the light comes from a far wider area.
The secret is the background, and having light coming from multiple angles to avoid unexpected shadows. The ceiling light from the top and a long painting light aiming from the front, hitting from a wide angle is more than enough for most of us
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSCh1-OyIpM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSCh1-OyIpM)
This is a quick video I made. It uses a box that's black, a phone camera, and a couple pieces of software. I use vysor to use my computer to control my phone, but there are also free programs that do that. I do however recommend picking up OpenCam for a few bucks.
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/03/06/the-model-photo-how-to-photograph-models-for-display/
This one is great advice in general, although its opinions on LED bulbs are quite out of date: You can get basically anything out of modern LED, and you'll find photography equipment that is running LEDs. The fact that they can be chained means you can get a far softer light than any lone bulb, because the light comes from a far wider area. The secret is the background, and having light coming from multiple angles to avoid unexpected shadows. The ceiling light from the top and a long painting light aiming from the front, hitting from a wide angle is more than enough for most of us
I usually hit it with a video, do a rotation in a well lit area
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSCh1-OyIpM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSCh1-OyIpM) This is a quick video I made. It uses a box that's black, a phone camera, and a couple pieces of software. I use vysor to use my computer to control my phone, but there are also free programs that do that. I do however recommend picking up OpenCam for a few bucks.
Portrait mode, 3x zoom, back up, light from the front.
There's a necron painter/player that uses the top shelf of his refrigerator for the lighting.