Hi all! I am hoping someone around these parts can help me out 
I have been using gimp for years, so I am fairly familiar with the basics of it. The majority of the things I use it for all revolve around the same tools, so I am pretty unfamiliar with gimps full potential.
I have searched the internet high and low for some help and I am just not having any luck
I have got some 360 images taken of a model, and I am trying to delete the background of them to make it transparent, which will be easier for me to work with. The problem I am having is the background is a rough black/grey (from both the pedestal and backdrop), while the model has black/grey on it as well... I have attached 2 images of the model, just to give you a look at what I am working with...
I have tried everything I know, and it is just not working out
The fuzzy select tool either does not select a good amount of the background, because it isn't very solid, and when I bump up the threshold it starts to select the black parts on the model.
I have used Color to Alpha in the past for many related projects, but due to this model having so much black on it, it is just not working well at all!
Foreground Select is the best I have worked with, but it does not give good results around the black parts of the model since it is so similar to the background.
I have also tried a couple different layer modes to see if any of those will get rid of the background, but again, no luck
I thought there was a way to delete similar parts between 2 images, but at the time I need it most I am unable to remember anything
The backgrounds are very similar in some places, and identical in others, its just the model position that changes, so I figured it would be fairly easy, but that is turning out to be wrong
I am hoping someone is able to help me out... I am hoping there is a simple solution, as I have almost 50 images to do like this one...
I have been using gimp for years, so I am fairly familiar with the basics of it. The majority of the things I use it for all revolve around the same tools, so I am pretty unfamiliar with gimps full potential.I have searched the internet high and low for some help and I am just not having any luck
I have got some 360 images taken of a model, and I am trying to delete the background of them to make it transparent, which will be easier for me to work with. The problem I am having is the background is a rough black/grey (from both the pedestal and backdrop), while the model has black/grey on it as well... I have attached 2 images of the model, just to give you a look at what I am working with...
I have tried everything I know, and it is just not working out
The fuzzy select tool either does not select a good amount of the background, because it isn't very solid, and when I bump up the threshold it starts to select the black parts on the model.
I have used Color to Alpha in the past for many related projects, but due to this model having so much black on it, it is just not working well at all!
Foreground Select is the best I have worked with, but it does not give good results around the black parts of the model since it is so similar to the background.
I have also tried a couple different layer modes to see if any of those will get rid of the background, but again, no luck
I thought there was a way to delete similar parts between 2 images, but at the time I need it most I am unable to remember anything
The backgrounds are very similar in some places, and identical in others, its just the model position that changes, so I figured it would be fairly easy, but that is turning out to be wrong I am hoping someone is able to help me out... I am hoping there is a simple solution, as I have almost 50 images to do like this one...