This is a diorama of the Master Sword from The Legend of Zelda.  It’s inspired specifically by the Ocarina of Time’s Temple of Time which is why the primary light in the scene is cast from a window.

The idea I wanted to go for was that the Master Sword had been sleeping in the pedestal for a very long time, gathering dust.

But while the sword is magic, and presumably eternal - stone is not.  So the dais has been worn down and eroded over many years, but the sword remains, shining brightly.

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This is the high poly model of the sword.  I modeled the base in 3DS Max and tweaked it in ZBrush

Dais Textures

Master Sword Textures