Knights Last Rest This piece was inspired by Carlo Crivelli's "Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels", c. 1472 (can be seen here: http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/101897.html). The grief of the cherubs is very powerful. the first time I saw this painting I couldn't walk away from it. I kept taking pictures of the cherubs. I'd wander off to look at other paintings, but kept working my way back. The image has stuck with me for years. I tried to keep this render less realistic and more in the medieval style of painting, yet not attempting to reproduce the medieval style of painting exactly (if that makes sense). I tried to set the mood as if it takes place in a quiet chapel of a cathedral, with minimal light, and a smoky atmosphere from incense. I wanted to have the cherubs expressing unadulterated grief. The angel, on the otherhand, I thought it would be better for her to have a sort of smile on her face. Along with the smile, I wanted her eyes to show her on the verge of tears. I was trying to show her smiling because the knight was going to a better place, yet sad because of the circumstances of the knight's death. Hope this comes across. Since the inspiration came from the top part of an altar piece, I thought it would be nice to add an altar piece to the picture. I have my monitor calibrated a little dark so the side walls and chairs are barely visible. If someone has their monitor with higher brightness, they might pick up some of the details in the periphery of the picture. I would have liked the lighted area of the render to be a little darker, but it kept losing too much detail to express the emotions of the cherubs and angel. The smoky atmosphere had to be cleared up for the same reason. If anyone has any suggestions, I would love to hear them. Thanks for looking. Any comments, suggestions, or criticisms are welcomed and appreciated as always. Items Used: Daz M4, V4, MilBaby ADP Ancient PartsNPieces\gitter, tabernacle Angelyna\AngelWings AprilYSH\AprilJai\aprilyshJai - hair on cherubs Cin-\LostTemple\Altar_altar Dyald\M4\Fable\gloves EMSArts\Knights\EMS_knighttun G2mRichard\LtShieldG2Mr Iscaroit\M3Normans lmstuff\M3Normans\M3NorCoif Marforno\SKTomb\Coffin MDV Furniture\Knight's Chamber\chair MDV Furniture\mdv-chair2 Merlin\Helmet Moyra\Dauntless\DfV_TunicL_D Neftis3D\Hair\Christine_Hair_v4 P3DA\WC\WC_WallSectionShort PH-props\GardenPavilion\PAV-CurtainBack Porsimo\TemplarSword Ravenhair\Sensibility\rdsensdress Ravnheart\candle RD\Valiant\ Stonemason\GothicConstruction\DoubleArch Textures\TiffT785\AglWngs\T785AngWWhtFthr Pictures in altar piece composed by me WERTS - small degrees of the Gandalf and Saruman head morphs