Quote - So....I've only been at this for short time.  I decided to be brave and post my first render.  It's a portrait of my husband's rpg character. Any suggestions, advice would be welcomed. 

A couple of easy changes can add some effect to the scene: convert the chalice and the buttons to metal, make them quite shiny. Also, the lighting would benefit from being "toned down" a bit. The lighting looks moders, lots of soft light but that was not possible in the period for the character. I would go do a small meshlight, set to 4000K color temperature and on the side of the character. That would recall a bit of the candle/torch lighting of the period. You could then add some more diffuse lighting to bring out the background. 

Just my opinion, of course :)

 

Cheers.

Paolo

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