Yay I'm the first so I'll make this one qick: GREAT AS ALWAYS

+10

Strong... love divine like type of drawings

an amazing piece, this is. +8

Truly amazing piece, thst i agree with Luminire...

One or two of the aitborne items looks funny.. not defined... compaired to the rest which is truly inspiring...
Going out now to round up 50,000 people and take the photograph...

This is one of the most impressive compositions I've seen in a while , +10

this is amazing,
loved it...causes shivers! Great Job!

great, sky is pure white, what keeps me distracted. A gradient from dark to light could have been better, but maybe it was in your intention to do it like this. I adore the font! Very good use of putting it in the middle and make it kind of medieval. Contrast with the white sky works well in this case. Top marks.

amazing as usual!!!

Excellent work¡¡¡¡+10
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Yeah! Great work. Such a great concept and execution!!

very nice, indeed. i find that the eyes on the center figure are a little rough, but the over all saturation and detail is just amazing. +10

Wow, such a complex scene! I think the little bits of colour really make the difference.
Full marks

Not really sure how I feel about this one.

Here's a good cgtalk type of crit:
- The central focus really is not desirable for me here, just somewhat boring and expected. Because of that bright and central focus, this resembles a cd cover or flyer for me... There's a huge white space on top, black on bottom; mountain/hilltop goes high on the left, low in the middle, high on the right; bonfire on the left, bonfire on the right; huge white bald guy in the middle - it's too central.
- There lacks a good atmosphere... you put clouds of smoke rising from the middle but yet, the clouds of smoke do not mix with the air. Also, the light coming down on the central figure is very obvious, cliche, etc. Again, without that atmosphere, it's too obvious. With some visual data in the air, it would have been a lot more subtle.
- The fires in the back really bother me. They look so sharp from here but yet if they were that actual distance IRL, you would NOT be able to see as much as you wanted to put into them.
- MAJOR crit: All the faces are the same with different wigs put on top... don't know if you intended this, but I don't really care for it, as it doesn't add to the piece.
- The figures look a little flat. I think perhaps the gestures could have been better and that would have helped a lot.
- Also... having the "battlefield" so dark while the sky is so white...too odd.
- I agree about the color, but I can't find that much hue. I wish there were more color.

Overall, not really for me but it's a good start. +7

Love the impact that the high contrast between the white sky and the dark of the bottom part creates...good choice of the few subtle colors, makes the work more dramatic!
Splendid!

nice and weird

+8/8 Hehe love this paiting - very eerie and moody... great work!

incredible!!!!!!!!!!!

sorry for the late response guys, work is kicking my ass.
thanks a lot everyone, much appreciated
FakeIllusion, yeah, wanted the contrast in there, rule of thirds, kept it very formulated in composition to try to make it iconic
starqueen, really appreciate you taking the time for that, the brief was for an iconic image, so i kept the composition formal, i guess it is cliched in a way, but it was kind of the effect i was after (and the colour choice is my usual subdued self), you cant win em all , the faces, yes, i agree, it's because i did this without referencing anything, so my natural drawing habits creep in, every face i do tends to look a bit like me from imagination, something i'm working on slowly, but it'll take years before i can really pull realism from memory, i ran out of time on this really, could have worked on it further, but it seems a little fruitless now, time to move on

I don't like this painting a great deal. The characters look too stiff and the colour scheme is dull. +6

freakin awesome