Catharina, If working with Deep Paint and Texture weapons allows you to do the incredible work you do then I definantly am going to buy those programs from Daz. Maybe you could make a tutorial on how you work in Deep Paint. When I buy a copy or if anyone else has it, I am sure we will find it very informative.

Catharina, I think I speak for most of us when I say you absolutely rock!! lol Thanks for the info and look forward to a possible tutorial from you in future. :)

Glad you like the idea. This isn't even the armor model. this is something I threw together out of morphed costumes. 3 to be exact. Alittle color alteration and judictious use of invis on Micheal body parts and I got this. You are correct about the shoulder protection coming from the helmet itself. it has a leather piece that comes down each side and lays across the top of the shoulders.I put together the outfit in the above pics as a way to visualise how the armor might look on Michael. When this project is completed I will leave a msg for you and see if you have the time to brainstorm on the next armor set. The community has alot of armor pieces of high quality floating around already, but most of them seem to be a western pattern. I hope to expand that selection with armor from more diverse cultures. For example.. A full suit of ceremonial samurai armor, a complete etched suit of roman pretorean armor, and a collection of pieces that can be mixed and matched to create whatever the mind envisions. I noticed that there isn't a large selection of guantlets for instance. But I'm sure you get the idea. I also would like to try my hand at photo quality weapon reproduction. There are plenty of weapons of high quality out there but I would like to see what I and a partner could enter into the arena so to speak. :)

Also, still working on the helmet so you won't see a pic of it for awhile.It has proven to be the hardest part to do a mock up of for me since I'm not a modeler. :) Here is a side view of the same image.

Thank you for your interest Virus. I am currently working with a modeler on this project though. If your interested, I would like to speak with you another time on another project I would like to start after this one. Another armor set that you might like to sink you teeth into. Since you seem interested in this outfit though I thought I would share a conceptual pic of what the armor might look like. I would be interested in any comment you might have... Thanks again Teppodama