History

Contest entry for =Suzanne-Helmigh's contest:details here[link]

One of my hardest paintings-studies...I guess I love and hate old people by now...hopefully I'll continue to work on the texture and lightning

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edit:added a bit of color to the light
edit2:added background..thought about all the veterans who fought in so many wars..and I didn't want to put any specific flag's country..so I invented one starting from the decoration
textures and me