The Flame Of Kildare

This was an entry into the Gods & Goddesses contest from `Dianae

Featured is the Celtic goddess Brighid. She carries her sword of battle while her 19 nuns tend to the eternal flame set upon a hillside.

Although I'm submitting this now, it's pretty well unfinished, in terms of background and scenery. I'm going more on the concept of forcing myself to post something for a contest, no matter what. I'm terrible with deadlines, natch.

Stock comes from the lovely =lindowyn-stock Elf Mage series - 'cuz if she's not a goddess, who is? [link]

EDIT: This is being worked on, I swear to the Dagda! It was started on my (now dead) laptop, whose screen was so dark I could not see various now-glaring errors.
I painted at about 14 different times over the course of two weeks, thus the monstrous differences in style all over the place. I'm tempted to start over, but I f'in love those hands...