I came across this image from the great artist Reza-Ilyasa: http://reza-ilyasa.deviantart.com/art/ICHIDO-Heavy-armor-guard-213091256 and used it as my guide and main inspiration for this personal project.
With this project I wanted to grow in hard surface modeling, materials and rendering skills.
The biggest challenge was filling in the blank from the sketch in a believable way. I learned a lot and had a lot of fun!