To the Death by alessimarco

DAZ|Studio • Fantasy • posted on Jan 15, 2012

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They are not sworn enemies, they may even know each other, but as they enter the gladiatorial arena they become mortal combatants, it is a fight to the death. As they lock glances, each knows that if he is to walk out of the arena alive, the other surely must die! The Roman gladiatorial arean was a brutal, bloody place, but as I don't particularly enjoy depicting gore, I chose the initial moment of combat, just before the first blow is struck, when the gladiators (the Barbarian versus the Greek) see the look of mortal desperation in each others' eyes. This is my 100th image! It took me nearly three years, but I have enjoyed producing every one, and wish I had more time!. Even with the frustrations of DAZ crashing and not always doing what I wanted, the process of bringing my imagination to life in 3D has been a lot of fun. This is also my last image with DAZ 3, as I have now upgraded to DAZ 4 Advanced and am trying to learn the new interface. I will let you know how it goes on my next post...my first DAZ 4 effort. Thanks for looking and for your comments! You are the greatest! I tried to pay a lot of attention to detail in this one, so please take a moment to ZOOM and enjoy them! Previously: "Full of Grace":

Comments (152)

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flaviok

11:27AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

Fantástica obra para comemorar as 100º. excelente meu amigo, aplausos (5)

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drifterlee

11:28AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

Wonderful work!!!!!!

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RachealMarie

11:30AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

Great scene, hope the guy on the left wins! ;)

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boobunny

11:31AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

This is awesome. The guys look fantastic ( half naked just the way I like them.... o.O) lol. I love their helmets. Fantastic action render!

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Savage_dragon

11:32AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

Congratz on the 100th & luck on the D4. I'm not a fan of DAZ, even though I learned 3D in it. Anything above 2.3 crashed constantly. I love Poser! ;)

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Ash888

11:32AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

hey congrats :-) Great poses and expressions. You caught that moment well!

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Pierrot_Lunaire

11:34AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

Fantastic fight scene in the arena! Superb work my friend!

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njb2000

11:35AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

Nice work with daz 4 I look forward to seeing what you can do with the Genisis characters Fine scene and congratulations on post 100.

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legolie

11:35AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

Great lighting and scene ! I like the idea of gladiators and the way some hair is escaping from the helmet of the left character, very fine details and expressions ! Good luck with DS4 ;-)

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ToniDunlap

11:36AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

This is another fine quality render to be enjoyed by all. Congratulations on your 100th production. It's a great one!

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FaithKarsin

11:36AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

Great image!

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odile

11:37AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

This is very good, Marco! The posing sets up the drama very well. The textures are great ,especially the Spartan! :) I like the way hair can be seen at the bottom of helmets. Congrats for your 100th post! Cheers Odile

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pixeluna

11:37AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

Congratulations on your 100th post, Brother. You have captured a great arena scene and I like how they were posed, such an amazing image!

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jim__smith

11:39AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

Yes great detail, I even see a bit of dust kick up by the feet! Very nice Marco :)

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2121

11:40AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

excellent Marco...superb poses and characters

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coyoteviper

11:40AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

awesome, my friend. I can almost be 100% sure the spartan is going to win this one. Awesome 100th. As for D4, I have no doubts that you will master that one very quickly.

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Diemamker

11:47AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

Congrats on your 100th, this is an awesome scene, great action an attention to detail, the textures are awesome!....very well done..

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eekdog

11:51AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

great to see another masterpice from you Marco, the action poses and render are beyond killer my friend, most exceptional art..

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twelvemark21

11:53AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

Congrats on 100... Great scene!! Hope you have a blast with DS4, I've enjoyed using it immensely. (I sincerely wish you far fewer crashes and memory errors than what I have experienced on my older PC.)

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claude19

11:56AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

wonderful work on "Gladiator" !!!

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mickeyrony

11:58AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

A beautiful 100th. But death can triumph. Gladiators in mouivement. Beautiful and good work. Congratulations and many thanks again for sharing IS ((5 + +)) Une belle 100th . Mais la mort triomphera peut être . Des gladiateurs en mouivement . Beau et bon travail . Bravo encore et mille merc is de partager ((5++))

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erlandpil

11:58AM | Sun, 15 January 2012

This is awesome erland

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Redones

12:01PM | Sun, 15 January 2012

Congratz for the 100 and good luck with DS4, it'a bit odd to understand ;) I see the old Notthar set here :) good, I like that outfit!

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MarciaGomes

12:11PM | Sun, 15 January 2012

CONGRATULAÇÕES PELAS 100 IMAGENS MEU AMIGO,ESTA CENA DOS GLADIADORES É ESPETACULAR,NÃO GOSTO DE VIOLÊNCIA,MAS ESTES PERSONAGENS SÃO FANTÁSTICOS AS EXPRESSÕES DE FÚRIA SÃO PERFEITAS ASSIM COMO AS POSES,BRILHANTE CRIAÇÃO.++++++5

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