Bainalph again from

's story "A Light in the East". This is the same Poser setup as in my "The Beautiful Swan" picture - I decided to use a close-up of Bainalph as my first test of LuxRender. And I am more than pleased with the result. It rendered for more than ten hours on my quadcore, but I think it's well worth it as it looks so much more realistic than what I can get out of Poser's render engine.
This is really amazing. He does look as if you could just touch him!
I can't wait to see what Celeirdúr will do, all alone with Bainalph for their journey. And of course, Thranduil's reaction if Bainalph eventually returns...
Hahaha! No doubt there will be other opportunities.