used daz3d to create the minotaur, pose and render him
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import him into photoshop just as i saved the rendered version and duplicated the layer
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liquify in between his legs just cause the rendered figure left a shrp spot in this pose
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i just darkened the image a bit
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i added a new color to the shin and leg guard and the resurfaced it using the photoshop plug-in alien skin splat
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once again i recolor the stomach guard and add a resurface with splat
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touch up the red cloth on the left shin
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add blood via regular brush and then adding the drip and modifying the smear off the axe. i used the alien skin eye candy plug-in i purchased for photoshop
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finally i played with the brushes and created various layers in diffrent opacities and blurs till i got what i wanted