Material : Gold

[pureprplaya]

here is my setup
sorry for the size...

[House]

Yeh the setup pic doesnt help at all since you cant read any of the settings. Anyway, one thing to help off the top of my head is that metals need something to reflect. So add an env map or just some random objects above the heart then turn off "visible to camera" in object properties.(only show up in reflections). Also use at least 3 lights in a triangle setup(with one brighter than the others to make it shine nicely).

[Aldaryn]

And some sratches, or some really fine dirt along the scratches could help, because there areabesolutely no gold jewels are this flawless...
Btw, I can see you're using some reflection map, raytrace, or falloff in a raytrace mat. ? The setting are unreadable... So this is only a guess...

[DanW]

Reflection!!! you need to add environment Reflection maps.
lighting!!! your lighting is not nuture.
:thumbsup:

[conio]

www.neilblevins.com

"Metals and Reflections"....

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