Psssst. This is for your eyes only. Just got few sculp images from Cristopher Shy and not having his permission for posting yet. Anyways, tought to share this with you and gonna remove if don't get permission. These certain figures are Studio Ronins trademark, so I understand they wanna keep up the standard. And, only photos used. Again, no filters, no plugins. ...you may recognise the sword... ;o) .n

neat image! you state that you use no filters. no plugins, are these done with just the textures and brushes? been trying to do some similar treatments on some pics and am missing something....

Niko uses them customized "dirty" brushes and has fun with them there blending modes he sure does...

...actually Ry, I don't use dirty brushes anymore. I had a good set but lost it with hd-crash and just can't find it from net anymore. So I'm dealing with photoshop basic brushes. Using mainly airbrush, eraser and rubberstamp. Idea is layers, multiple layers. And of course the base image under must be put together seamless. Colors, seams, light directions, contrasts etc. must match before applying any textures. .n

Awesome, but don`t tell me that you build all that sword only for this image, please!

nah, he's gonna rob a bank or two, and maybe take over the Finnish hockey team after he grabs Miss Finland and takes her on a romantic getaway with his sword leading the way. wtf am i talkin aboot

Why not this is a way cool image. Good to see the swork Anottnio. Bsteph

Ry, LOL Are you under medication AGAIN? But funny as you mentioned it, take a wild quess who moved to our next door few moths ago? Miss Finland -96. :oD ...but nowdays, she's like any other girl, they surely can do miracles with makeup. .n

they surely can do miracles with makeup. That and tape, to hold things up........