Created for the Weekly Challenge over at Dazaholics on Deviant Art which was to include some freebie martial arts weapons from over at DAZ 3D in the render. I got featured for the Weekly Theme Challenge! Made all that fighting with this image worthwhile. I fought this thing for days. With program crashes, things not rendering right, power fluctuations shutting the machine down mid-render and all that mess, I was about ready to pull my hair out. I FINALLY at least got what I needed so I could composite from my usable renders to get something along the lines of what I was after. I'm not in love with it, but at least the idea got represented. Once I had my composited image, I ran it through Fantastic Machines Paint Engine for a painterly look. Used (all from DAZ 3D): XinXin character and hair for A3 Bijin Jigoku for A3 Japanese Flair (background) Kamas from Martial Arts Weapons