I made this illustration for study and for an internet challenge.
First I did a linear dynamics composition exploration in Photoshop to assemble a composition. After that, I created the pose in Daz as a reference, as I didn't find a picture the way I wanted. It took Zbrush to add some armor elements and shadow study to complete the pose reference. Finally, I painted, textured and rendered the image in Photoshop.
It was very funny.