just one more question in regards to Miss_Nova-- (Use a surface shader or a mia_material_x, under advanced tab for additional color connect a mia_light_surface node and adjust parameters to get the effect you want (you need final gather enabled and some surrounding geometry for the light to bounce off to get this to work).

i got the material mia_material_x and found the tab and additional color attribute but where is the mia_light_surface?