Hello there.
I'm a fellow modeller and texture artist from completly different game.
I've stepped on this thread while googling some stuff and I seen those nice recreations of Seph and Cloud.
Inspired by apz's Sephiroth, i recreated the Sephiroth he made on my own, here's the result:
It's a fast render without fancy shadows, lighting and smooth, because my computer is kinda outdated and rendering would take too much time.
Cheers.
PS. I forgot to use alpha layer rendering aswell, just noticed it, so clipses on the coat and hair are well, not as they should be appearing.