hey rick!
great job as always.
the wrinkles and sad expression very well done, but who would have expected anything else from the master 
-r
Thanks everyone.
Digital Dreamer I forgot to add that I used a displacement rate of 0.8 instead of 1.0 and the displacement distance you just have to play with as it depends on the size of your model.
Everyone always asks about the hair, I made and rendered a 3D version of the hair with a displacement map texture then in PS painted hair over it. The 3D versions gives me the shadows and highlights so I donāt have to guess about their placement.
Iām glad that some of you think that it looks like a painting that is what I am trying for.
I am making some changes and additions to this and will post when Iām done.
thanks for responding itās nice to know that someone is looking at this stuff
What can I say that has not been said. Thank you for sharing. Looks like time for me to look at Modo.
Here is a quick ZB render of his hand at this point.
Must have been a long long bath ;-).
Lemo
love your work, always have,
did you build the mesh from Zpheres ?
Itās great to see your style transposed in digital.
way of the future?
cheers.
That hand is freakin awesome!!! I was pretty shure this was you work as soon as I saw the thumbnail.
Great work Rick.
Greg
Wonderful attention to the tiny details, such as the very fine lines on the nails. You made me really study the backs of my own hands. I was surprised to find the vein patterns are quite different on each hand. Cool.
This is the most realistic modeling I have ever seen.
Wow, great work as always 
Great form and a detailing.
Diggin this one.
looks like an old indianā¦surveying what was once his way of life and realizing with a final sigh that it will never be again. I wonder what he is thinkingā¦
Monstermaker, your sculpture always looks so inevitable. Itās like, somehow, whatever youāve sculpted was always going to happen that way, you just kind of encouraged it. Thereās such an effortless life in there.
Itās always a pleasure to look at the stuff youāve done. Thanks for sharing it!
hey monster maker i love that hand your work stands out from the rest could you post your render settings so we can see how you get that nice soft shadowed look to your work i would love for my stuff to look good with that kind of render!!
very nice, are you plannig to do a full body or a bust?
OK Iām tired of working on this guy so Iām calling him done for ,now anyways. Thanks for looking, hope you like it.
Uhhhā¦ yeahā¦ Canāt think of anything to say.
Just blown away! Phenominal!
wow, youre tired and we are blown awayā¦
Awesome! Do you start with the same base head for most of your models or do you model a fresh one to fit the design you have in your head?
I think they have to add more stars to the rating system just for Rick Baker!
BEAUTIFUL work Monstermaker !
reminds me somehow of a painting of an old Masterā¦
Lucky_1