Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=746826&Start=1&Artist=Tugmaster&ByArtist=Yes

was browsing through the c4d gallery and came upon this piece. check out his explanation of how he did it: "I used a lightdome with 45 lights and a slightly smaller dome inside that with a hdr image for reflections only and then one omni light for shadows. " just one omni light for shadows. and that's it. i think we were talking about this a long time ago, and it seems like the most decent thing to do, really. make a light dome or semidome, increase the reflectivity of the objects a notch, disable the shadows, and just have one light source. if the settings are set correctly, not only will it render faster, but you won't experience shadow banding and the result will be much more realistic. drac