thx for the comments Xtreme

i have just got back from holiday so i have had only time to tweak the materials


sorry its a thumbnail

click to enlarge its fairly big

i like the render which is first one standing up on the left

have added more bump maps, tweak reflectivity and eccentricity ect.
using a blinn for the chrome instead of dgs material for more control
new HDRI map

still undicided on how i wanna do the stings, i need to bump them so that probably means converting to polys to do so

crits please on all aspects

thx