A dark and stormy Knight by cyberknight1133

Vue • Fantasy • posted on May 31, 2009

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Description

The idea for this image started when I noticed that everyone had really spiffy avatars, while mine was kinda, well..."lame" as my son would say. The next step was finding Merlin's cool helmet package one day when I was surfing the galleries. Then came the long, painful process of finding armor that was cool looking, yet still was appropriate for a great helm. One of my pet peeves is seeing a great helm from the 1100's or so matched up with a set of Gothic plate from the 1400's. Might as well give 'em a set of revolvers from the West... Lourdes Norman outfit and Tabbycat's tunic mats gave me a good start (even though I retextured the tabard, I used Tabbycat's mat as a starting point.) Although this was an incredibly frustrating experience, I learned a lot along the way. Firstly and most importantly...AS GOD IS MY WITNESS, I'LL NEVER DO A HORSE RENDER AGAIN... What a pain! M3 apparently has legs too short to reach the stirrups, while simultaneously having arms too long for the reins. I also figured a workaround for adding multiple textures in Vue to an object that only has one material. So,here it is, painfully posed and extensively retextured. I haven't changed my avatar yet, because I'm not quite happy with it yet (maybe it'll grow on me) I would certainly welcome any suggestions.

Comments (20)

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bimm3d

10:57PM | Sun, 31 May 2009

Very cool work!!!!

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frikfoto

11:57PM | Sun, 31 May 2009

Stunning work, great lighting

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Imaginatos

12:00AM | Mon, 01 June 2009

NICE scene ! :)

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ragouc

2:32AM | Mon, 01 June 2009

Very good character and outfit. Very good POV and pose.

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bigbraader

3:16AM | Mon, 01 June 2009

Excellent crisp render, really well done. 5*

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Merlin_Studios

5:10AM | Mon, 01 June 2009

Very nice render, the pose, colours and lighting are all excellent, well worth the effort!

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Rainastorm

5:30AM | Mon, 01 June 2009

Well, it looks awesome so all the hard work you put into the image was worth it...even the horse...:-) Great job!

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Brian S.

9:25AM | Mon, 01 June 2009

I too like the color and lighting in this.

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Flint_Hawk

11:25AM | Mon, 01 June 2009

Striking work!

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necrophage

3:40PM | Mon, 01 June 2009

excellent scene, pose and pov!

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timspfd

4:06PM | Mon, 01 June 2009

Great image, the effort on the textured was definitely worth it. For your avatar you might consider a 3/4 angle, in this image the helmet is straight on to the camera which flattens it a bit for me