It’s crazy how a few free image textures and a HDRI can push the scene towards ‘almost’ realism!
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WOW !!! Very nicely done, looks amazing.
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It’s so true. I think you need to fiddle the light settings a bit. here and there too bright.
Maybe in Photoshop auto brightness?
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Niiiiice! I love the closeup so much!
I think Pete is right - a little more sharpness would really highlight the beauty of the chess pieces.
Awesome job!
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Yeah, I really struggled with the point lights fighting with the HDRI, I’ll need to look into the settings and maybe play around with different lights instead of just the point light. I wanna avoid using any photoshop skills for anything that could be fixed in Blender but thanks for the suggestion! 
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You can do this also in the Blender post processing …
More lessons to go! 
Have fun.
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Yes colours to materials is a big jump in realism. Very nice looking set and scene there. Real marble is so much better than proceedural.
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really cool! love the textures!
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