This has been by far the most complex all made from scratch composition. I took a bit to follow along and match things up. This tutorial used photos taken that mimic metal textures, path shapes with blending modes. did learn a new tool, the mixer brush. Did not even know it was there.. .. this tool allows you to sample a flatten pixel area that had effects applied to it. Using this tool is how i created the leather base for the blade.

This sword took about 2 hours to complete.