Texture Painting and Sculpting

The first week in TPS we are modeling this sword and shield from World of Warcraft as well with the art style. We followed this video http://3dmotive.com/series/hand-painted-texturing.html on how to model the sword but not the shield. The most difficult part I had with is the shield because I wasn't sure if I need to add a handle or just a flat back. But I am totally having fun hand painting these textures though. :D