Hi Daniel,
As you requested (but I know you have a lot of experience and I’ve seen many of your beautiful works, for example: This is what I bought my Minis for: archaeological illustration ), I’ll tell you how I would do (or rather, try to) these scans.
The Miraco choice seems absolutely right to me, both for the type/size of the objects and the achievable/necessary quality.
I would prepare a set with the object on the turntable (the large one would be better) and use Miraco mounted on a tripod (one that’s adjustable in height) to maintain a uniform distance during the scan. Once I found the right settings, I would scan starting from the bottom and starting the rotation of the object (it’s necessary to do some testing to find the ideal rotation speed).
Once the first full rotation is completed, I would lock the turntable and stop the scan. At this point, I would raise the scanner, maintaining sufficient overlap with the already scanned part. Then restart the scanner and after the rotation of the turntable, and so on until completion.
As for the combined use of Far and Near modes, I’ve had the opportunity to use it by scanning the entire object in Far mode and then using Near mode (in the areas with the most features). In this case, you could try it; it might work on the areas with incised decorations. I’d use the scanner by hand for this step.
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