True, it can be hard to get traction sometimes. It's a good start but I'd almost go for a clean white diffuse and some simple lighting (Mirrors Edge comes to mind) if you're only working on the details at the moment. Making it all brown and a single omni/default light takes away from the work you've done. You can achieve…
Sweet reference and good progress. Try to remain positive even if you feel it's taking a while to take shape - like you say, you're learning the tools. I like the details in the piece, though as mentioned already, the lighting and colour of the texture detracts from the work put into it. Get it into UDK as quickly as you…