used selections of wood to make base, top part using arc warp
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duplicated top of wood selection and resized to blend into gap. Made a circular selection, reduced brightness and added burn for top of base. Formed hands for the figure with smudge tool.
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Filled image with grey to cream gradient
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Selected wood from source, resized and perspective tool used to make table top.
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two selections taken from source, set at right angles, removed toplayer corner using eraser tool, added burn on corners edge. Merged layers and added slight bevel and emboss effect.
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used marquee tool to make shape, filled with light grey - white gradient & added bevel effect
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added heavier grey gradient to centre of picture, selected source parts, duplicated twice and overlapped, added blur. placed finished parts under the picture frame layers.
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placed finished model onto background
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Selected parts from source, used clone tool to remove stamp. Used text adding inner bevel effect. Placed all parts together, merged layers and slightly warped.
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Added medal to base, added shadows and some blending to finshed image.