No, it's just hit a bump in the road fellows, lets thing of this logically, it will bounce back, it has to.
(and anyway, threads like these don't help)
i can try making the red brighter and breaking the text so it looks more textured.. but since its a c4d material its hard the change the spots
Understood, overall it looks good though.
I like the texture it has, but as Reflex said it is a bit dull. I wouldn't be too sure light would be the best for that texture but maybe a variation in the amounts of red in different spots?
http://osbot.org/forum/topic/19419-gallery-section-must-read/
On topic, it looks pretty cool, you have talent!
I don't have much to say but maybe I would have used a bit more blue to match the dragon? That's just me, it looks really good.