This scene was made with Blender 2.69 cycles and I created the particular maps using crazy bump. Final compositing was done in both blender and Photoshop. I’m not sure if i got the rock texture right or the gold but other than that i think it turned out well. Comments are appreciated.
The rock looks OK to me, but yeah, the gold needs some work. There’s a thread in the materials and textures section that has a lot of cycles materials, including some good metallic ones. That and an HDR texture will help a lot for the gold and the steel both.
The handle looks like velvet. Was that your intention?