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This was my entry for the Hardcore Modeling challenge "A Star Wars Tribute." I wanted to enter something that a) would most likely not be duplicated by another challenger and b) would be an unusual/unique combination. I had originally played around with some of the more classic characters from the (far better) original three movies, but General Grievous and Darth Maul are easily the coolest characters from the newer movies. In addition, I thought the excessive amount of lightsaber blades would create a challenging composition. And they did.

This was also one of my first times relying completely on mental ray rendering, and THE first time using final gather for lighting. Using this method ultimately boosted the overall look of my beauty render, but also made the composition of the lightsaber blades that much more of a challenge.

Overall, I am pleased with the way this particular challenge turned out and I look forward to seeing how others faired. Thanks to all who commented, critiqued and criticised. The feedback was very helpful.