Over the past year due to some injuries I've had to back way off my outdoor activities. replaced it with modeling. WH40K stuff to be precise. (received the SpaceHulk board game as a gift and in the processing of assembling/painting the pieces for that, it sort of took off). The figures are about the size of your thumb with the vehicles ranging from softball to football size.
Now I'm trying to photograph these dang things and I am having no luck. No matter what I do the miniatures in the pic come out over saturated and end up looking blotchy and melted. All the tones and shading (And there's alot - over 11 shades of red on the big tank alone, not counting washes and weathering).
I've tried with my Galaxy S4 as many settings as I can. I've tried mucking around with it in Paint.net (am pretty good with this program). Tried the wife's DSL. We have a GE X550 and a Nikon L830 (neither of which I have any idea how to set up).
I try to put the models near a wide window on the west side of the house for sunlight (1pm ish timeframe) but not in direct sun. I've used indoor lamps too. Can't seem to get it right.
Anyway, wall of text. HELP.
Here's a pic of what I'm trying to do. This is just a quick snapshot from my Galaxy S4.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/909/hs6Scv.jpg
And a link to the full size image of the above (warning huge)
http://imageshack.com/a/img909/8990/hs6Scv.jpg
Also some previous tries at individual model shots:
http://1drv.ms/1HaF2nE
http://1drv.ms/1zwERht
http://1drv.ms/1zwF6Jp
http://1drv.ms/1zwFlEj
http://1drv.ms/1HaBbah
http://1drv.ms/1zwFB6j
http://1drv.ms/1zwFLug
http://1drv.ms/1zwFNSS
http://1drv.ms/1zwGlbv
http://1drv.ms/1zwGDPs
http://1drv.ms/1HaE1fs
http://1drv.ms/1HaEsGn
Any advice is appreciated.