Hey CTBRam

Yeah its looking very cool, better than mine!!

With regards to your dilemma with texturing tutes, as long as you learn the basics of how to create your maps the rest will follow suit and over time you will become better and better, just experiment with your blend modes too in PS's layers you can achieve a whole different look to each map, use the burn and dodge tools to lighten and darken specific areas etc to. Also get plenty of references and categorize them ie:metal, wood etc by googling different worldy objects and search for textures, theres a few sites around that offer freebies, check the resources section of SM theres a few good links over there too. I have a whole external drive dedicated purely for textures and I know each one personally LOL.

Just dont get your heart set on tutes all the time to save you as its down to you at the end of the day and your skills as an artist.

You are on the right track anyway....

Jay