Assuming I can be bothered to keep polling for responses (getting an ebot is just about impossible now), show us an example of what you want. I enjoy specific material puzzles.

Also, perilous7 makes a really important point. I have downloaded sword models endlessly and they almost all suck. Either they are woefully lacking in polygons so highlights don't catch where they should, or they have endless piles of inconsistent normals and twisted normals resulting in a confused surface full of illogical highlights. Since this material is all highlights, that's kind of annoying.

Trying to keep things simple, I made a very simple shader I intended to show you as a starting point. Then Poser crashed and I got pissed off but I'm willing to try again. Not sure exactly what to make so I won't bother posting endless variations that aren't what you want. There are endless details you can put in - this shader has no detail at all - just smooth, homogeneous metal.

Again - random few ebots come to me from this site, so my awareness of responses may be sporadic.

This sword is also flawed but it's the least flawed of many I tried yesterday.

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