Pawn

[Dan Morton]

This photo was posted by SeaJane, a member on Great War Forum. The photographer is Peter Buxton, a colleague of hers.

Pretty neat, eh?

All the best,
Dan

 

[DEL]

Certainly is ...... Kriegspiel springs to mind.

 

[Nap]

Dan

That's really clever and neat as you say

Nap

 

[1969]

A very clever idea, works very well.

 

[Chris Ribchester]

As said very clever, every MP should have this sent to them.

Chris

 

[peedee]

So touching and thought provoking Dan.

 

[Dan Morton]

Can anybody come up with an idea to turn the photographic trick into a scale miniature? The soldier could be a flat (might look better as a flat actually!) painted black. The black shiny pawn would not be difficult to make. But how do you put them together in such a way that the pawn is lighted as in the photo, projects a shadow, etc., but the shadow resolves to the soldier, not the pawn?

I've been puzzlin' on that today and can't figure it out. Anybody else been wracking their brains? Or have you got the little artistic mystery solved, Sherlock?

All the best,
Dan

 

[Helm]

Can anybody come up with an idea to turn the photographic trick into a scale miniature? The soldier could be a flat (might look better as a flat actually!) painted black. The black shiny pawn would not be difficult to make. But how do you put them together in such a way that the pawn is lighted as in the photo, projects a shadow, etc., but the shadow resolves to the soldier, not the pawn?

I've been puzzlin' on that today and can't figure it out. Anybody else been wracking their brains? Or have you got the little artistic mystery solved, Sherlock?

All the best,
Dan

Some sort of shadow box/boxed diorama would be my guess.
Steve

 

[Dan Morton]

Some sort of shadow box/boxed diorama would be my guess.

Steve

Probably - but how do you turn off the shadow? There has to be a way to do this, but I'm busted if I can get it.

All the best,
Dan

 

[Helm]

I am no expert but I think it could be lit so one light cancels out the other. I am not saying it would be easy but that it's possible. It would need some clever use of painted shadow effects too.
Steve

 

[Dan Morton]

I am no expert but I think it could be lit so one light cancels out the other. I am not saying it would be easy but that it's possible. It would need some clever use of painted shadow effects too.

Steve

Neither am I! But it's fun to scuffle with a problem like this, isn't it?

All the best,
Dan

 

[Dan Morton]

Could this work?

The figure itself is behind a translucent screen. The scene is in a shadow box and is entirely back-lit with a high output light with a diffuser lense. Since the figure is back-lit, its shadow and not that of the chess piece appears on the chessboard. If the projected shadow isn't 'solid' enough, it might be necessary to paint the shadow on the chess board.

All the best,
Dan

 

[Helm]

Sounds very feasible Dan
Steve