Destruction

DS4 to Reality2 to Luxrender - DOF applied in CS4

I have been going through a lot of half finished renders from DS3 & DS4 and seeing how Reality & Luxrender will handle them. This piece started out in DS3 but I never got it anywhere near what I wanted. Lux took about 5 days to render it to 8000 kS/p. I am not completely happy with the blood but it's a start. The idea for the image came from the quotation below, and probably one too many ninja & samurai films.   


" Despite the love that you feel and the joy that you radiate, there are those misguided persons in the world that would see you harmed, They will confront you with fists or await you in the darkness with their blades drawn. Do not fear them or become angry with them. Allow your heart to hold the emptiness of purity, your receptive spirit will hear the sadness and rage of your attacker's intentions, and your body will flow with the winds of their hatred. You will take them to the destruction they seek." -unknown

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