Jarkis, Ronald - Thanks! :D I painted the diffuse - used Hazardous' method of layering up custom brushes. I added a metal photo overlay in the spec map though (tip I picked up from my friend and fellow pcer burtonyang). Glad to hear it's working. Speaking of textures, I forgot to upload my flats, so here they are atm:…
Maybe tint your AO aswell, you're getting muddy black shadows at the moment. some red/brown may help add some life to the wood and dark blues over the metal work etc. I'd say your metal diffuse maybe needs desaturating a bit and darkening so the spec does all the work. looking good so far though :)