Well,i think what ibanezcollector is missing is the capability of radiosity in Vue.But in fact it can be faked, like i`m faking it in Cinema 8.1 most of the time to avoid long rendertimes.Reflections can be set over 100% in vue,even highlights.The key to get more control over the materials of your scene is to seperate parts of an object. Therefore you need high detail models .I think the idea of making a sort of competition is quiete interresting:)

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...yippi ah yeah or something like that...