First of all I just wanted a basic background so I found a stock image of the galaxy and just placed it in different positions, in the exclusion layer mode. Then I used Gaussian blur so that it wouldn't take your attention away from the render.
Next I added in my main render and deleted all of the background, this was easy because I used the magic wand on the mask render to get a silhouette to remove it. To get the shadow I simply duplicated the layer, filled it in black, added the blur and used the transform tool to first change the perspective of it, then to skew it, and finally to drop the vertical size.
Next I added an adjustment layer - selective colour just to increase the blacks to give it a little stronger depth, then just added a clipping mask to connect it to my main render.
I found a stock image of metal rust and decided to use that as a clipping mask on top of my main render.
Using the render I made earlier I erased all the areas I didn't want to have stand out and set that layer mode on darken. I then added an adjustment mask, brightness and contrast and increased them both to the max and finally made it a clipping mask.
The difference was quite subtle but I liked it a lot more as opposed to something that really stood out too much.
After that I added in the reflective map render and simply put it on overlay so that it isn't too noticeable, but because of the black background it made everything else darker so again I just clipped on a brightness/contract adjustment mask onto it.
and it is finally complete, the last steps I took were simply sharpening the entire image by making a new layer and applying the image on it, and then slightly adjusted the levels. Finally added my name in the corner and it is done!
Here is the final layer composition in Photoshop.
and here is my completed render -
Additionally, I'm on time accordingly to my schedule so I haven't lost any time!
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