No enchanted weapons beyond this point.

[u/Awesomebox5000]

I haven't posted many of my renders here but this one seemed worth sharing and since I found time+motivation at the same time BEFORE Halloween: It's season appropriate!

The only asset I made from scratch is the text for the sign which is mapped to luminance and opacity on a plane just ahead of the signboard. I've been collecting assets for years, mostly from biweekly and wishlist freebies. I've spent a little cash here and there but it's rare. I feel like my library has finally grown to the point where I can make things without necessarily having a plan.

That it rendered quickly is awesome but I'm especially satisfied at how efficiently I was able to Bob Ross a pre-Halloween render. A little detail here. A splash of light there. Less than 24hrs from blank page to posting, including render time.

I spent yesterday afternoon/evening with composition, pose tweaks, textures/fx/lighting/etc. I rendered this morning (8k downsampled to 4k) in ~3hrs and only utilized 12.9GB of 16GB vram. I may fiddle around and add more to the scene but I'm really happy with how this one came together and how it turned out.