The armor doesn't show progress, sorry. Lacks any lighting. The sword is a little bit better, you need much more contrast. Don't get too much disappointed by this kind of comments though, artists needs to face this every day and this is how you learn and progress. I saw that you are not aiming to make realistic stuff, but…
The sword is definitely better than its previous version, just put them side by side and see. But it still lacks lighting so it still appears somewhat flat. Lets look at somesone esles work for an example: https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/003/927/624/large/zug-zug-iron-sword-con2.jpg?1478612467 See how…