Create This Surreal and Medieval Style of a Battlefield in Photoshop

Step 27

Add new layer (Layer > New > Layer… , Shift + Ctrl + N or marked shortcut). Choose big, soft round brush and set its opacity to 20%. Use the same color as before. Follow the light source and draw shadows on blade. Avoid shading edges of blade. Shade also decoration above sword hilt – see the picture. Next, right-click on this layer and choose “Create clipping mask” (Alt+Ctrl+G or Layer > Create Clipping Mask).

Change blending mode of this layer to Multiply.

Step 28

You’ll create lights on sword hilt. Add new layer (Layer > New > Layer… , Shift + Ctrl + N or marked shortcut). Set 50px soft round brush and choose #daccae color. Decrease opacity of brush to 60%. Follow light source. Next, right-click on this layer and choose “Create clipping mask” (Alt+Ctrl+G or Layer > Create Clipping Mask).

Change blending mode to Screen, decrease its opacity to 79%.

Step 29

Place “Smoke0387_L” to your file. Transform it as is shown. For free transform one point, use Ctrl and drag it as you want.

Change blending mode of this layer to Screen

Add new adjustment layer with Hue/Saturation. Go to Layer > New adjustment layer > Hue/Saturation or use marked shortcut. Next, right-click on this layer and choose “Create clipping mask” (Alt+Ctrl+G or Layer > Create Clipping Mask).

Click on “Smoke0387_L” layer and go to Filter > Sharpen… > Sharpen”.

Step 30

Place Magic fire to your image. Transform it and change blending mode to Screen.

Step 31

Mask top of the stock. Click on white canvas on the left of layer thumbnail and use big, soft round brush.

Step 32

Duplicate layer with fire – drag it and drop to new layer symbol or go to Layer > Duplicate layer.

Step 33

It will be necessary to mask top of stock more. Click on white canvas on the left of layer thumbnail and use big, soft round brush.

Step 34

In your color picker set colors: #c8b998 and #232827. Then, add new adjustment layer with Gradient Map. Go to Layer > New adjustment layer > Gradient Map or use marked shortcut.

Change blending mode to Soft light.

Step 35

Back to bottom of stack of layers. Duplicate “Battlefield sky” stock and drag it on the top of stack. Right click on layer mask thumbnail and choose ” Delete layer mask”.

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