hi guys, as a practice, i made this shield model using some geometry nodes magic and a bunch of modifiers. the issue is i can't figure out a good way to make materials for it.

there are essentially 5 different materials i want to make:

1. the main wood obviously (the one on the screenshots is just a placeholder)
2. the outline metal (i managed to make something which looks half-decent, but would like a bit more roughness and details)
3. the central metal (i want to give it a bit more of a rough bronze look)
4. the wooden handle (more weathered look)
5. leather inside the hemispherical inlet.

i was wondering if you have any ideas on what resources i could use. or any specific techniques to make it look more realistic. i like making procedural materials, so anything along those lines would be a big kudo!

also of course, any comments on the overall set (lights/environment map/rendering settings) are also more than welcome!

PS. also, of course, would be happy to share the blend file if you're curious (although i don't think it's too complex of a model)

i would say first look at a bunch of textures for reference . for wood use wave texture to make it look like a bunch of planks put together , and then stack a bunch of noise texture for base color do the same thing for roughness , use gradients to for example make corners darker or something , you can use voronoi texture also .btw do you know how to use the bump node ? , the bump node is very important when creating materials . here is my quick wood and metal texture :

of course there is a lot that can be done but doing every thing procedurally instead of just painting can be very time consuming

Might be hard to put procedural scuff marks, burned arrow-holes, and sword slashes all over the outside. Would go with UV mapping.

no i agree, those kinds of details i can probably add as a custom map layer (do you know of good resources which teach those; something most relevant to the look I'm going for). what i would use for procedural is mainly the wear and tear on edges, blacksmith marks etc.

how can i do these things using UV maps ? can you explain further ?

how can i do these things using UV maps ? can you explain further ?
here's an example for the edge wear and some sloppy blacksmith marks (more config is needed ofc, but you get the point).