Roughly 15 min spent on getting the colors to more accurately depict what is going on. This is no means a "end product" but at least you see what I meant by dark regions and highlighted regions.

riuthamus, the sword needed work for sure, yours looks a lot better, it was supposed to be glowing btw. And I see what you mean, its all kinda the same light level all over it.

3DDreamer, yeh, I need a tablet, but im so poor...

Prinz Eugn, you are right - light sourcing confuses me a little, I tend to not worry about them and just go for something that "looks right" at the time, even though I tend to find shading for ambient occlusion is the easiest... neutral or daylight shading is the easiest for me, adding a spot light? and im hopeless.

Thanks for the support, I may not be the most technically brilliant artist but I'm definitely original :) - you know this guy on facebook even asked me if I could do a cover for his audio production, but he has to get back to me first.