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If you're gonna come face to face with a dragon it's better to have the right gear...

Notes: This is a PP2014 render.

I think  the most important bit …

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If you're gonna come face to face with a dragon it's better to have the right gear...

Notes: This is a PP2014 render.

I think  the most important bit is the atmosphere (screenshot in the second image) - it's basically bagginsbill's corrected depth cue as explained on this CGbytes thread.

The third image is what the render looked like with the atmosphere switched off - huge difference.

Render time was about 15-20 minutes for each of the two images, and that's on my few years old laptop. Using the DepthCue part of the atmosphere doesn't add much rendertime overhead.

The fourth image was another test, very different pose.

No postwork at all in any of the renders (although I had to make her right thigh invisible to avoid a small amount of poke-through in the main render)

The original scene was just a test for fitting clothes to a morphed V4 (this image in my CGbytes gallery). I've always had major problems with, until I read some advice on another CGbytes thread. The resulting fit was so good I decided to have some fun... « Less