I had the same trouble the other day, but eventually got something I liked.
A few tips:
-make sure you've got a light source in a position where it will reflect, and
use a specular or phong highlight
-make it slightly reflective
-use a high brilliance value, I find a brilliance of 2 looks pretty good.
-try using "metallic" reflections and highlights, that sometimes helps (though
sometimes it looks totally wrong).

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"Andrew Coppin" <orp### [at] btinternetcom> wrote in message
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> Try as I might, I *cannot* get this to look metallic... *sighs* Tried
> playing with lighting, tried playing with different backgrounds, but I can't
> make it look shiny, and I can't make it look reflective!
>
> Any suggestions? (I'm looking for a very highly-polished, very brilliant
> look.)
>
> Thanks.
> Andrew.
>
>
>

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