i agree with chettos on all of what he said also the blade is to short for the handle it would be an unbalanced sword and it would be very hard to peirce with because of that (i know this cause i know how to use 'em =P). i think that the chrome looks nice on the blade but theres to much in my opinion i think that you should through in some other metalic colors in there gold being the top since it matches and its not that hard either just get the photoshop p-bucket and set the opacity level low and fill till your happy XD or pixel it up close by using the color oposite of the one on the palate with all those insane colors
. i know you didnt look for comments but i just think it could be a little more realistic XD