I didn't actually expect you to brown the feet but you did... either that or it's different lighting. Initially I thought the feet should be totally brown but then I looked through some screenshots and noticed that the shots where they looked brown were due to lighting. In actuality they are more grey than I had anticipated. I do think "browning" them made them look a bit more natural though.

I didn't notice the lack of gloss in the eye but the glossing of the eye was definitely a nice touch.

Awesome work. I don't know why I didn't think of it but Hoshiko did. Barding would be supremely badass. This sculpture is already beautiful as is though. I like the chocobo au naturale. If it had barding... while it would be badass, it would lose it's cute factor.

Have you designed a ring for the gear contest?