Wow! That's awesome, it looks so much like the real thing! ^w^

I was about to have commented sooner, but I clicked the step by step process link and got SO distracted by the music played with the video. (Just totally derailed my trail of thought..)

Though.. you're absolutely correct here. You have the realistic quality here down...beautifully.. o.o
I think it's a bit harder saying as you went through and showed every step. {Kind of hard to say what I notice when you show a video of what you did.. ^ ^; }

Awesome! I'm going to try that myself

I'm REALLY lovin' this. Awesome realism...very well done, especially the shading!