Quote: "Make no mistake, this IS your texture,.. with a bit of post production.."
Nice work - a definite improvement.

Which software did you use?
I keep telling myself that I'll make a permanent record of the steps I used when I manage to get a half decent texture - but I usually struggle to remember exactly which settings I used when something works.
Food for thought though because the existing tutorials are often out of date because they seem to refer to earlier versions. They are still a useful source of ideas though.