Oh no, I didn't try polys. I'll give it a try.

Here's a little update, Thanks for the help.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/NandoKommando/SBqExmZENnI/AAAAAAAAAIE/vjB_UtVyGi4/Bar.jpg?imgmax=512

I tried converting them to nurbs, It did work, however my render time doing it that way took forever compared to turning off the use lights/illumination attribute for the paint effects.

That's perfect, Thanks ragecgi

I'm not too familiar with lighting or paint effects and am not sure what's going on here.
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