Based on a concept art by the wonderful Johannes Helgeson. So wonderful, that there are many versions of this character made by other artists.
I wanted to make this model so it could be used for real time rendering. It took me way too long to get it, but I´m fairly satisfied with the result. Some parts were too hard for me to rig (such as the armour and hairs), so I sculpted the pose instead.
I also wanted to get a hand painted feel, so I used Substance Painter for the bakes but hand painted most of the textures in Photoshop.
I did it about a year ago, but I wasn´t happy with the face (and its a bit weird still), so changed the pose a bit and relighted the Sketchfab scene.
Hope you like it!