Eddie Somewhere in Time

when I saw Iron maiden's somewhere in time cover back in the 80's I totally was amazed by this awesome character, Derek Riggs is the original designer and this was based on his work here:
https://maidenrevelations.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/somewhere-in-time-cover-art-3.jpg
This time I wanted to create my own version, a more photoreal look and make it look gross,scary and like a total badass, I avoided the exaggerated hero pose for a more natural pose because I wanted this to look like a frame taken out from a movie
I'm a matte painter but from time to time I enjoy painting characters :)
mixed media, lots of photo manipulation, some 3D and lots of 2D painting as well
original is 5k