Crusade's over!

[Hannes]

Most plants by Xfrog, grass by Lightning, horse and basic knight by DAZ. I replaced the head (with the helmet and the coiffe) by my own and added some more stuff like belts and the sword, etc.
Something I had in mind for a long time.

[Hannes]

Ah, and I forgot to mention: I purchased NWDA's dirt pack for the forest path. Great stuff!

[fleetwood]

Really enjoying this one. Super render.

[zaxxon]

Sir Hannes! A beautifully shaded trail, be wary of outlaws my lord!

[Hetzen]

Lovely Hannes. Luscious and rich.

[Kadri]

Looks great Hannes.

The knight looks as it is really there.
The Horse does have a little different look(the shadows,GI).
Especially the lower part. Just curious if it is only me?

[masonspappy]

Oh wow - this is righteous stuff! Love the way it came out.
Is it possible to lighten up the figure and horse enough to make out a few more details?

[Dune]

Absolutely stunning piece, Hannes. Very interesting to scrutinize and enjoyed every detail. And I noticed you got the trunk, nice addition.
A very minor nitpick ( I hardly dare say) would be that the leaves all have the same structure in the right tree. What if you replace the translucency mask by a PF (or add it somehow)?

[Hannes]

The Horse does have a little different look(the shadows,GI).
Especially the lower part. Just curious if it is only me?

Thanks Kadri. I tried to get this silky reflection of a horse's fur, and had to use a reflective shader with blurred reflections. Additionally I had to adjust the bump mapping and used a reflection map. Maybe that's why.

A very minor nitpick ( I hardly dare say) would be that the leaves all have the same structure in the right tree. What if you replace the translucency mask by a PF (or add it somehow)?[/size]

Thanks Ulco, good idea. After looking at this image a thousand times it's hard to see such things. Actually there's no translucency mask, just a bright yellowish green colour. I guess what you mean is some sort of artifacts caused by GISD (occlusion weight)?
So maybe I can add some variation in the tint diffuse colour tab. I'll see...

[Kadri]

Thanks Hannes. That's it probably.
That would look great as an animation 

[Hannes]

Oh wow - this is righteous stuff! Love the way it came out.
Is it possible to lighten up the figure and horse enough to make out a few more details?

Thanks a lot. Well that's a point. It took a lot of tries until I had a suitable sun position to get some light onto the knight. I already increased the environment light's strength. I guess that's it! And I refuse to use additional lights!!

[Hannes]

Well, I have to announce that I'm an idiot (where's the headslapping smiley?).
I used the wrong textures for the leaves! Doing some test renders with the correct ones atm and trying to add some colour variation.

[Dune]

Ah, so I hit the nail  Curious to see the difference!

[DocCharly65]

Ah, and I forgot to mention: I purchased NWDA's dirt pack for the forest path. Great stuff!

Good choice! 

Very convincing path, forest and knight. Great!

[Hannes]

Here's the difference. I think it's better now.