well after a week of toying around in zBrush trying to learn the interface which is slowly growing on me. I think I finally got this to where I want it to be. My girlfriend is working on coloring Champy in for me but she's still in the process of figuring it out and getting the hang of UV's (she's never done anything like this but loves Photoshop so I'm letting her have fun with this project with me)

Anyway here is a render with a 3 light system 2 point lights and an area light. Displacement Map and Bump Map 16-bit I will fool around with 32-bit later on.

Render in mental ray:



I know it's a little dark but that will be fixed when I get more into figuring out the lighting which will be soon. I'm pretty happy with the progress so far and am glad I finally have it working for me. It's been a pain and I've dedicated quite a bit of time to getting this working right, it's been a pain in my ass so I'm relieved I've got this as far as I have.