Bagginsbill, I gave your suggested base color some test renders and it seems to give a good representation of 18K gold. I was shooting for an equivalent shade to what SM released in their P11 content as "Superfly Basics". In that regard, it was a match, but it is certainly too "yellow" IMO to be physically accurate, more toward 24K if anything. That said, given your example, I have incentive to play with the GlossyBsdf/FresnelBlend combination now. The ultimate goal of course is to be familiar enough with each type of node to use them "semi" effectively. From there, I hope I can grow into creating some more useful and versatile materials for SF renders, or at least have fun in the process. ;) Best Regards, Jerry