Nightmare Moon stands vigilant in the crumbled ruins of the castle that once served as her home, standing guard over the Elements of Harmony. Those who seek them will have to pass her trials.

The second entry in my series of anthropomorphic MLP: FiM villains, Nightmare Moon got a more serious treatment and took far too long to color. (All that metal...) Tried some new approaches to coloring here, think it payed off.

No critique please.

Star-field Textures: http://dadrian.deviantart.com/art/Starfield-Stock-317942722 and http://frostbo.deviantart.com/art/Celestial-Background-48-330517494
Further Textures from http://sirius-sdz.deviantart.com/
Nightmare Moon and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic belong to Hasbro

Art by me, created in PaintTool SAI