Your objects look very promising, but as you say, textures need a bit of
work. I'm not sure what your vise is made of.
I've been using aluminium textures quite a bit, and found them very hard
to get realistic, especially brushed or grinded surfaces.
They are very lighting and surrounding dependant, so I have to tweak for
each new scene. Here's the last one I used, just to give you an idea:

    pigment { colour rgb .92 }
    finish {
        ambient 0
        diffuse 0.5
        reflection 0.1
        brilliance 6
        specular 0.4
        roughness .2
        reflect_metallic     // in the old days:
        reflection_blur .02  // normal { crackle -0.2 scale 0.0002 }
    }

For a new scene I start by changing diffuse (.4-.9), then brilliance
(2-15), specular (.4-.6) and roughness (.001-.3).

Hope this helps,
sig.


Chris Huff wrote:
> 
> This is an early version of an image I have been working on, it uses
> MegaPOV radiosity. The table is just a stand-in, and the walls are just
> flat white(well, very light gray). The floor is even worse. :-)
> I will be working on a couple more tools, like a thread holder and maybe
> scissors. Also, a couple pieces of feather, fur, and other materials
> scattered around the desk. When I get most of that stuff finished I will
> make a decent desk and room.
> 
> Also, the texturing on the fly box needs a bit more work, it is supposed
> to be one of those brushed aluminum snap shut boxes with ridged foam on
> one side and flat on the other for inserting the flies, but it looks
> like it is one piece. The foam needs to be more white.
> Anyway, everything is hand coded CSG, except for the ridged foam in the
> fly box, which is an isosurface.
> 
> --
> Chris Huff
> e-mail: chr### [at] yahoocom
> Web page: http://chrishuff.dhs.org/
> 
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