For the Train your brain contest I am this far. I need to paint, light, finish sculpting the fabric and my favorite/painful part is to pose him. I have a base I am also working on, the pedestal for him to stand/sit on.
I am also getting a little better in photoshop and am in the middle of this picture. This was the idea I had and was thinking about doing a oil paint of. I may still do an oil painting but I figured it would be more constructive to work with photoshop some more. I have been looking at Gilles Beloeil's work, he worked on the Assassin's Creed games and his work is astounding. 