>>4129038Sick paint job, love the power sword might try something similar on my new grey knights.
For what you're doing the body is the least important part of your setup, a sturdy tripod, decent macro lens and good lights are 100x more important.
Personally I'd say try to get a mirrorless camera, as that will be a lot easier to compose shots with, due to the much more responsive rear screen. Even something like an old Sony a5100 will give great results. For the tripod find something old used and hefty, everyone wants light tripods for hiking the heavy stuff is dirt cheap, and avoid ball heads, try to get a 3 way, it will make composing much less stressful.
For the lens, I'd say get the best you can afford, but I get the impression you're on a tight budget, so look at using an old normal lens on an adapter with some extension rings. I'd suggest something 50mm to 135mm, I used a Pentax mount cosina 100mm f3.5 macro for a long time and it's got great image quality but terrible build quality and so is usually very affordable.
And lighting, you'll want at least 3 lighting sources to effectively illuminate a model, look up some tutorials online. Whilst wireless flashes would be nice, 3 desk lamps that have those weird adjustable necks is a great start, as you're using a tripod you just need to focus on the ratio of light between all 3, you can set your shutter speed as long as you need to get the right level of exposure. make sure to use bulbs with a neutral colour balance. And get creative for bouncing and diffusing the light, and adjusting the light level if you don't have adjustable lamps, WiFi control bulbs are actually awesome for this purpose due to being able to adjust the brightness and colour remotely.
And post more pics of your work!
