Confrontation - Caius, Noel, and Serah

Oh, yes this took me ages to do. Not literally, but it took me hours. Rendering, alone, took me almost a whole day to do. Then, I had to touch up mistakes and errors in the models (except Caius, he was nearly perfect ) and added in each individual light part since I'm not capable of enabling them in Blender.. yet.

Speaking of Blender maps, this is my first render with bump/normal maps enabled!

Absolutely loving Blender and I am so pleased with how this photo turned out.. and I even strayed away from Lightning.

Their poses are my favorite..

Anyways, this inspiration came from Caius' theme from FFXIII-2. You all should check it out here: [link] (YouTube)

I hope you enjoy this, let me know what you think!

Description: Serah's down and Noel barely breathing, the last thing both the time travelling warriors were expecting was the presence of an infamous foe - Caius Ballad.

Credits:
Serah by Rexil.
Noel & Caius by o0Crofty0o.
The Void Beyond by takebon999.
Poses by me.
Sky/background by faestock (heavily modified). - [link]
All other effects are done and edited by me.

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This photo was made with XNA Lara, Blender 2.6 and Photoshop CS6.

Note: Download for full size! (This image is big enough to be used as a wallpaper.)

Noel, Serah, & Caius © Square Enix
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Related:
Etro's Guardian (Lightning) - [link]
The Final Battle (Collab) - [link]
The Void Of Chaos (Lightning) - [link]