thanks! 
(but im not sure what u mean with the grain?)
someone on another forum(thanks DaveJr) suggested me to use micromesh, so far im loving the results.
meanwhile, ive made the shield basemesh. getting it ready for some zbrush detailing(still need to make the belt buckle tho)
time to revive this thread. Last year I had to stop working on this since I had to relocate to work at Naughty Dog on Uncharted 4, but now that the game’s done and I got some rest, Its finally time to get back into this
did some lighting practice, and been learning vray for the last few days. The hair is a quick and dirty job, as I was just tired of seeing her bald. The actual real hair is probably going to take weeks to do.
any C&C is welcome as usual.
sorry for the low res images. I took them with my phone. 
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