@coots7: Kinda mix of different references, tweaked and played with. @jordan.kokon: Yeah think I got that wrapped up in making the high poly cord that I forgot to consider the length! Silly mistake. But yeah it may not be a realistic length but it is still practical and would still work if you were to imagine using it.…
Aside from everything else mentioned, all of your metal is looking more like concrete than metal. You put too much variation and noise in your diffuse and it starts looking like concrete. I would suggest pulling about 90 to 80% of that variation out and leave it up to your specular to get it looking right. Other than…