With my previous series shooting Warhammer I really wanted to explore the space between the serious narrative nature of the Warhammer universe and the whimsical act of playing games on your bedroom floor. In that series I tried to stylize the color and tone of the photos to be reminiscent of old Warhammer Cinematics. 

This time I wanted to build on what I learned with Lighting in the last series, and try  to instead do a more traditional style of Warhammer photography. I acquired some terrain and a mat, along with 2 armies that I painted myself and tried to capture a cinematic battle scene from different angles. I also  incorporated my new Super Macro lens into this shoot to get some cinematic closeups of some of the miniatures. In the context of Warhammer Miniature photography, the goal is generally to show off beautiful miniatures, or to depict a narrative scene of some dramatic or visual interest. 

To me the goal of this type of photography is to abstract space, and give the appearance that a six foot by four foot table in someone’s bedroom is instead a massive sprawling battlefield, hosting a massive conflict between mighty heroes and awesome monsters. Most of the time studios have massive setups with access to professionally constructed massive dioramas and studio lighting setups. I wanted to try and create this effect with a much smaller setup and a scene constructed only from what I had available to use. I also borrowed a friend's Space Marine army that I painted last year to be able to have two distinct fully painted and based armies. 

In the series we see a cinematic battle on the Icy planet of Valhalla between the Fanatical Black Templars and the Mysterious Eldar of the CraftworldsUlthwe