Hard Surface Study wip #1, Here is a Katana I made in Zbrush 
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I’ve re-done the entire underlying anatomical shape and form, taken all the surface noise away and changed the face. would like opinions on the believability of the structure and general thoughts.
here’s my latest attempt at the likeness sculpt. it’s tricky work.
Adrien Brody is the idea. 
you tell me if I captured his likeness?
(WIP)
some more hard surface and topology study. All done in Zbrush, shiny render done in Keyshot.
not sure if maybe I made the low cage poly count too dense. yet to add details (i.e Clasps, buckles and adornments.)
finally got the general portions finished. 
It occurred to me that I hadn’t done any vambraces yet, not shoes or gauntlets. here’s the Vambrace and elbow guards, that I concept 'd and re-topo’d all in a days work. Gauntlets and Booties incoming.
My entry for the FFXIV gear design contest.
Crystals being a major part of FinalFantasy lore, I thought a big chunk of Aetheryte would be suitable. within the large crystal is a swirling vortex pattern, representing Gaia all the swirls represent the flow of life and the leaf shapes that hold the crystal in place represent Yggrasil the tree of life. anything to make FFXIV resemble FinalFantasy again ^^
The Latest installment of my Hard surface Armor WIP. also a MATCAP I made as part of the study.
Concepting the Helmet right now, I’m a little unsure of some aspects, so I would like any one’s opinion on if you think the Helmet suits the armor, before I go ahead and finish it off.
… thanks.
Let me start by saying the armor is fantastic! I really like it. Good stylized likeness of Adrian Brody as well. The armor isn’t for him, is it? It looks like armor for a female warrior, to me. Maybe not, but that was my first impression. As for the helmet, honestly it’s cool, but does not seem to fit the style of the armor. It seems large and round, not angular, sleek and sexy like the suit. If the suit is indeed for a female, I don’t think the helmet would suit her (no pun intended). Or, maybe it’s just the angle and perspective of the suit with helmet attached. A downward camera angle with that perspective makes the head look large. Try a render with less perspective and maybe directly in front of the viewer with the figure turned at 3/4 view. Then maybe it will be easier to say.
Thanks Slosh! was surprised to finally see a comment on my thread haha glad that you were able to tell it was Adrien Brodie.
and yes you are correct, the Armour is for a Female “warrior” I suppose, I made a ‘cartoon’ girl character a while back, and then I decided for a hard surface study I’d make her some Armour. about the Helmet, I couldn’t agree more. after I finished I thought yeah it’s cool. then a few hours later I looked at it again, and could see how much it did not work for the Armour. I did a completely new Design that I think suits it a whole lot more. picking up some of the design elements of the Armour and hopefully being somewhat more sleek and sexy.
I think I’m mostly done for modeling parts now. Though I know I’ll notice something new tomorrow that needs tweaking. but here it is for now. I think it’s time to do some more sculpty sculpts. this one has taken a lot of my time. but it’s been a great learning experience
I just wanted to say this was my favorite entry in all of the gear design contest. Getting so much Final Fantasy onto a tiny ring is so good, this ring is absolutely stunning. I actually glamour this ring over every other ring in the game currently lol. Now I just need one of these irl.
@Sorel, Oh Wow, Blast from the past! lol you must have dug deep to find this one ^^ Thanks for the kind words, I’m really glad that people are still enjoying the ring and I feel pretty honored that something I created is officially a part of the Final Fantasy Universe! I haven’t played it in a while, but I’m sure I will again! 
-Thank you!