Wow this is incredible! The anatomy and the skin shader are the toppest of top notches. I especially like the hair, even though it doesn’t take up much space! 
Could you go over a little bit about how you achieved the hair?
Saw this on Cg society. Very very impressive! Too bad you can easily do a turn around of it right?
Mad props! Top Row! 
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Haha, as I said, you are great! Just put this one on top row and get on with it.
I don’t care if it is made for one shot (as I mentioned earlier) this is an
awesome match and you can see the effort put into the sculpt and texture
and matching the lighting.
Also I think he looks better in the render than the photo.
Cheers
Leslie Nielsen bodybuilder. Good job man.
Wow, this model is great. At first I didn’t recognize difference between your work and original 
So would it hold up to a turnaround or is this more projection style sculpted to work from one angle?
By the look of the texture map he has posted he has done work
for the front view. You can probably make a lenticular print out
of this model without artifacts.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_igcQ6W58M <----- like this one
There is enough info I can see to cover the rest of the arms and torso
to do this. Just not enough for a turnaround.
- Kostas
great work man! amazing model , texturing and rendering !
Incredible! Top row piece for sure. This is probably the most photorealistic piece I’ve seen here…or anywhere for that matter.
amazing model of markus ruhl
its a shame he retired from the pro circuit
kickass texturing
keep it up
amazing work! no words
nice work man!! congrats on top row. well deserved.
i was thinkin this some post of jpeg reference.
you really fooled me!!!
Ugh! This is a horrible looking man, but you really did a great job on the texturing and the likeness – looks like a photo!!
wow, it looks like the photo >_< so, why did you do that ??? 
great work!
Oh my ****ing god!
This is the coolest thing ever. The photorealism here is beyond anything I have ever seen.
This model is FLAWLESS.
And you did the texturing by hand instead of copying it from the reference photo? Now this makes things even more impressive.
Umbelievably awesome work.
PS:
Markus Ruhl is a huge mofo for sure. This guy and Nasser El Sonbaty are way too huge even to pro-bodybuilding standards.
Dam, that is awesome. I thought it was a reference photo. Looks so real.
BTW, he has some wicked nipples. Great job well deserved Top Row.
knew it soon as you got those wireframes up BOOOOM top row… great work
thank you all of you. It is my pleasure to see the image on the top row.
about hair,I use the default hair of 3Dsmax.
you crazy human! Amazing!
Just sick, that’s what it is! ^^ Congratulations!