Very EXCELLENT work.

I noticed you are looking for advanced critique. I am in no way one to speak here, but if you really want someone to point out any little thing that could make the image that much betterer... The wood on the sheath just ain't doing it for me, I think I am being a bit picky on this. It just seems a bit fake, compared to the ultra realistic metal, leather and fabric textures.
The other thing I see, but maybe its just my perspective is the sword doesn't seem to be sitting on the blade or on the handle. I know they are made to be perfectly ballanced but I think one end would end up resting, but maybe I'm wrong or maybe the blade is resting its just hard to tell.

These comments are WAYYYY Picky cause the image is VERY NICE as it is. Way out of my league. I only pointed those things out as I wanted to make a comment and you have this set for advanced comments. I hope my small critique may help to furhter this

thanks for the Critique, thats just what i was looking for,you dont need to feel picky,
i search any thing to push this image as high as it can get, and thanks again, i'm glad you liked it.
this iamge is 1 of 3, and in each one there are good and bads, and i just cant get to A ONE GOOD IMAGE ( btw: did you check the other ? )

thanks again, you been very helpful.

I looked at the others they are VERY nice. I ascribed to be able to do images that nicely. I am glad you appreciated the critique

Just wow... I took a look at all three and you did a great job on them. I don't think I'm even qualified to crit this. But I do have to ask what program and HDRI you are using.

thanks for the C. happy you liked them

im useing maya and Rendering in Mentalray and just a little bit Photoshop for post.

and the Hdri is from a Dosch collection High rez. of about 6000x3000 (50 mb) .... i guess its worth the time for this high HDRI output.

thanks again, and keep watchin thanks.

Thanks for chacking the others, always happy to get C&C specially relevent ones .

Wow, I found those HDRs for $120... guess they must be worth it.

they worth it, i guess that talented people can get the same resultes with 5 MB HDRI, but.... Im not among them !

so, it takes realllllly long to render it, i use 2 pc's in a network render and it taked atleast 4 hours for normal high rez. image
( it really depend on the Scene ) but in any hdri scene it makes it 4 times slower !

Holy bovine. Well it does make for a nice final product.