mcguinnessdr's sketchbook

I’ve been using Blender for quite a while now, but haven’t really got much to show for it. In an effort to correct that and improve my skills I’m going to be trying to do a lot of smaller projects and post them here to get some feedback on what I need to do to improve.

So to begin, a dagger I textured using the model from this tutorial series. It’s my first attempt at hand painting a texture, let me know what you think. I got really stuck on what to do to make the handle look more like wrapped leather, so if you have and tips I would appreciate it.