OK, here's a rendering (somewhat toony) with default lighting and a number of attempts to get the background anything other than black. Still no luck on that. I upload this image, because it also is showing some faceting, which is no better or worse with the toony lines turned completely off. I'm still searching for a way to smooth the model, which is an imported .obj, originally made in Wings. I haven't found in the manual or on the interface where to smooth meshes yet. BTW, thanks for f12 for quick render. Nice shortcut.