I am creating this thread to improve on my texture/low poly work. Don't bother with telling me to post in my gallery thread or quick crit thread. This is a studio section and we should start using it as one. We need to start creating more threads with more specific art in this section. Get things going.

Alright to the point:
I am new to the world of texturing. I have the main idea of what I should be doing, but I need to be put on track with what I am doing wrong.

I am going to start from scratch on this one (Concerning low poly and texture), so that I can improve my first piece.
This is what I have and will be deleted:
UV:


I am no expert, but when I was texturing this, I felt like I had way to many parts in the UV. So in the middle of the night, I thought of something; I could mirror a lot of this stuff, and save more then 75 percent of the space that is being wasted atm.

This is my texture atm (Metal wasn't done):





So today or tomorrow, I will have some new shots of my new low poly. Hopefully I can distribute my polies better then this one.
Btw, thanks to Neuro for getting me thinking.