And finally a value study. I'll put in more details, such as the cloth wraps on the body, when I go to color. I think I'll be using the general color scheme of my previous study.

8 days later

After a little tweaking of the main figure's arms, redesigning the sky and adding some color, here is where things stand. Now to get into the real painting part.

Progress on the final render. More work to do on the soldiers, sand and swirl.

Post your concept sheet and final illustration in your first original post.

@malcolm I posted the finals again to the original post and they still end up down here at the bottom. Did I do something incorrectly?

Just edit your first post using the edit button in the bottom right of it (it looks like a pencil) and add your pictures in it.

Oh, OK. I was using the reply button for the top post. Thanks.

You're welcome and good luck :smile: