Weapons Redo - Leera's Blade, Zhul'Thun's Staff

Like I mentioned in my last post, Leera's Blade's engravings weren't looking as good as I think they could have.  With the help of my friend Erick (www.ericksalaart.weebly.com), I was able to get the engravings looking much cleaner with the use of ZAppLink and alphas.  To do this, I painted my engraving design in Photoshop using Zapplink, where it then masked my painted areas, polygrouped the area, and I was able to deflate the selection inward using deformers.  I messed with the polish a little, and what you see is the result: much cleaner lines.
(This is not the final color)

I managed to work on Zhul'Thuns staff a bit, just to break up repetitive shapes, and make the top piece a bit smaller, so that it didn't look too strange next to Zhul'Thun. 
(This is also not the final color)