This piece was my journey begins challenge entry and my first ever foray into 3d studio max... Story is a s follows...
We were at Lee's Pyjama party when Sissi (Lee's big sister) showed us the old map she found in the attic... She said that she new where the old bridge was from the start of the map and that if we came with her we could all be rich!... but... The map looked like it went through the dark forest and death valley and Jim, Jim said he had a cousin once who went out there once and, and was never seen again...
Treasure is treasure though... so we all agreed... We had to go... After crossing the dairy fields out by the old mill we finally got to the old bridge... It made scary creaking noises with every step I made and, I was sure it was gonna break when Big Jim finally got the guts to cross it but we all made it... and that was where our journey really began...
Man!... What a freekin place that forest was... You can see from the photo my brother took... we were $hitting ourselves and with good cause... That place was pure evil... and that was only the beginning... The rest of the journey was where the action really took place... It changed me forever and I don't think any of us will ever be the same again...

Thanks to all the CGTalk nutters for the help on this one... Proper Respect!