Find your desires,
Fulfil your dreams,
before your loves have you take
Your final Bow

This essentially my first 3d piece ever--before making this, I had no idea how to model, render, texture, etc. So I learned a ton over the process of making this, and I certainly hope that any future pieces I manage to create reflect what I have learned. I'm very excited about this image though--it appears almost exactly as I imagined it, a few months ago. The concept, to my mind, deals with how our greatest love or desire can be our undoing, but feel free to make of it what you will .

Techy stuff: Modeled and rendered in 3ds Max 7. I made the little guy first, following some rough concept drawings I made, using editable poly and splines as guides for the legs.body/arms. See [link] for viewport img
those who know max might notice the directional lights on each gun...they were laser targeting beams I threw in for fun, but I decided they were a bit too much...
The scene is actually lit from the same direction by two different volume spotlights, one "fill" beam, and one ies beam...IES file generously provided by ERCO (www.erco.com)...This is more evident from different angles, but I like the perspective this one lends
the gun is actually modeled after a playmobil western rifle. Just a basic gun shape, but it was kinda fun to go searching though my age-old toys to find something that...well, could be applied to my new age toys
Shaders are relatively basic (see [link] for comparison; obviously a wire shader on the rifle)...etc.
Anything anyone is curious about, please ask, I'd love to tell anyone who is just starting out in 3d a few of the things I've learned doing this.

Anyway, thanks for viewing, I hope you enjoy, and I encourage and C&C's

NOTE: Though this piece displayed perfectly on my monitor, "the" and "bow" apparently appear invisible on some monitors. If you have this problem, please let me know; if enough people have a problem, I'll do what I can to fix it (EDIT: FIXED)

Peace m8's, and watch out for that final bow