Zeratul is a protoss dark templar in starcraft. A briliantly designed character, what else do you expect from Blizzard. I simply love this character and had to render it.

I used Max for the modeling. I used mudbox at first for the sculpting but switched to zbrush later, and boy am i happy i did it. I love the creative freedom you get out of zbrush once you get use to the UI.

I decided to for an action pose, as he is about to strike, charging at the enemy.

For the lighting I decided to go for a high key to fill ratio to add some drama. I used blue lights for the background to add that eerie feel.

I tilted the camera to make the composition a bit more dynamic. It was a little static before.

Please feel free to critique. Thanks