As the others said you need something to reflect but it needs to be *behind*
the camera too.
Preferably all the way around the scene will help.  Have you tried creating
an HDRI image?

"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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