Skull Axe done in 3DS max, handpainted diffuse texture.  I'll be doing one more based on a simple pencil sketch to try and apply what I've learned from these past three.  After that I'm going to try my hand at zbrush, those will probably take me a little longer since I'm out of practice.

Concept by firstkeeper.  You can find more of her work at http://firstkeeper.deviantart.com/.