I've got several things that I've been wanting to make into Bryce props but they're all single sided polys & I always end up with the black stuff/ shadows you see here. Am I doing something wrong or does Bryce just not like the single poly stuff. I've tried the doily with a double one but that looked even worse.  I know I can texture it into the top of the stand but I'd really like to have the sides hanging down.

I did a render using an extra light but that made the lamp even lighter then it already is.

Also.. The chimney on the lamp... I set the transparency before I exported it & it shows that it's there in the Material lab but doesn't look transparent, not even if I increase the transparency.

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