This character and scene was recently created for a 3D weekend challenge, the theme of which was "exaggeration." I thought Falstaff was a fun character to try to develop and stylize as I did for this particular theme.

Here's a little quote from King Henry IV: Part I (Act II, scene iv) in response to a question of how many opponents he supposedly faced in one encounter: "I know not what you call all; but if I fought not with fifty of them, I am a bunch of radish."

In this scene he is retelling one of his many impossible adventures. One of the ladies is perfectly spellbound by his breathtaking tale and apparent heroism, while the other lady has heard his story before.

The entire project took approximately 18 hours over a weekend.

The original winning entry for the challenge was made entirely in Blender and used the render nodes for DOF. This post-challenge version was further refined in Photoshop.

Thank you very much for viewing my work,

RobertT