The trick is to not go into detail, use reference for shapes you don't know how to light and to make sure your concepts truly stand out, you put too much detail into it it starts to lose its original meaning, anyway I hope you enjoy the edit! Best of luck on your project.
(I know a lot of people will go 'THIS IS AN EXTREME EDIT', I tend to get that, but please, just use what you think is to be learned from this and leave the rest behind, I apologize if this wasn't exactly your intentions.)
NOTE: Fixed edit up a bit, the sword specifically.