can't you just turn the reflections down, to get away from the cheap plastic look? what if you're modelling Legos? (some good mats there..;) any package can suck if you don't know it well (set the record recently, with 15 packages in one render..;). It's not the tools, it's the carpenter..

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)