Hey Darthtrae, couple of things I noticed: The scale of the wood grains seems a little off, maybe they're a little too large. Also, the metal rim is very noisy detail wise its all my eyes are drawn too! Finally, try breaking up the paint a bit as there is a contrast between the very battle-worn shield and the pristine…
I thought it was finally time to upload my work in progress on the shield! I'm having fun with this prop challenge. Since the model itself is relatively simple I'm going to be focusing on my texturing, so I've tried to get a variety of materials in to my model. I'm following the concept loosely and adding references that…