This is awesome! good luck

Great image & SBS!
Just a small nitpick: I'd like to see better shadows from the horns. GL author.

Wow.... great work...your SBS are informative too.

This is just fantastic! How long did you work on this? Must have taken you ages. You were right about the shoes. Nobody goes into battle with open toed shoes.

FAVORITE =)

Fantastic piece of work...Great color choice and fabulous details...His face expression is super cool...Well done author and instant fav from me...

love the originality, well executed, it's serious but the funny part of it that he has got a wedding ring, is he battling against his wife?

I just adore his leg warmers, hehehe.. great work!

Oh yeaaaaah! instant fav!!
very good work!!..awesome author.

great work

This is WONDERFUL!
My only nitpick is the light reflections of the shovel shaped object. It doesn't correspond with the light source on the left hand side, because the shovel shows illumination from the top (note the hand holding it shows different lighting), and the large white shape on the right side dominates the image too much in comparison to the rest of the colors and values. It's distracting from an otherwise truly fabulous entry.

wow this is amazing!

Ok and WOW ! THANKS ALL ! I am glad you like it. To all your questions,
1 Cmyk46, yes you have a point on the shadows from the horns I changed it in my copy but think I will leave it as is here for now.
2 IDt8r, I worked on this for about two weeks off and on, 50 to 60 hrs. easy and probably more.
3 orientalled He may be married, or have many wifes or mates. The ring is not on the wedding finger, is golden offering to his fows, you beat me in battle and the ring is your reward. ( I made that up ) LOL

THANKS AGAIN ALL.

Terrific quality!! Fine workmanship and originality with a unique style!

LOL@ author, i know it was not in the marriage finger i was just trying to make joke, yet why not saying he is killing his wife and using the shovel to bury her for marrying another man, many countries around the world allow women to marry more than one husband

Fantastic work, great color choices and blending.

Amazing piece!!! Perfection in every detail!!

Awesome work.........Best of Luck Author.

Congrats for the 1st place, awesome work!

Thanks, all for the votes, you are great !!

Congrats, Glockman. Wonderful entry!

Congrats Glockman

Congrats Glockman, this is the best warrior created in Pxleyes IMO, you're well deserve the first place

Hey Glockman congrats absolutely awesome work

Congrats and so well deserved!!

Whoever it is... he's an awesomely handsome guy!

(pretty cool! Thanks)

Damn fine work.

Wonderful work, I recognised him straight away.

Really a great work

Love it!

Thanks everyone, He is a pretty cool guy.

excellent job...cool effect

Fabulous work, ... I wonder who he is

Superb

Congrats Ken, 1 & 2

Thanks everyone, good photos in the forum thread show yourself for the next go round is a must.

Great work, congrats!

Lovely work, congratulations on 1st and 2nd.

Congratulations for the first position

Congrats

Cool picture

Very nice job

Fantastic work this is really good!

Shouldn't the moon reflect in the water?

right on target !

I like the mood of the image. It looks good.
One small thing: the waterlevel at the right side of the image looks a little strange.

really creative work i like it , gl author

Congrats sir

Congrats.

Clean up (slightly blur) hard edges. Otherwise it's a fabulous image!

nice work

reminds me of the sand dolls we had as kids that were so packed tight with stuffing they were hard as a rock, but the second you knicked them they leaked and deflated all over, great job

Top work! Congratulations in advance

Congrats Ken that's one scary dude

Congrats!

Congratulations

Very nice!

Great idea, great blend...GL author!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu0Te0mYWWw

Very nice

nice !!!!

Ok, author... I would like to have one pet like this at home for sure.... you have done a great job here. GL

Cozy, fluffy, friendly, it is all you need from a pet like this..... (Yeah right!) Lions don't sleep all night. Oh, well, it is fun.... good job, good luck!

Nice! How sweet the lion looks....great idea and well done.

Really well blended. Nice job author

Congrats!

Congrats on the win, great entry!

Congrats Ken , lovely work

THANKS ALL !

Congrats Ken, sweet image!!

Congrats....for your good work.!