you have text on the inside & outside of the ring, either that is intentional i.e. you mapped both inside and out side or you mapped your complete mesh(instead of faces) and added the...

err ignore that thread, looks like youve got it nearly sussed, though you are bleeding your displacement into the front of the ring, is this intentional??

CPTGAME,
you did not state wither this is poly or nurbs? if this is nurbs then you should disregard the whole UV mapping suggestion unless you convert to POLY (I would!) otherwise you will need to...

I think for a first attempt they are reasonably good, some suggestions:

using a chrome shader in a largely empty scene will look strange as there is nothing to refelect off the chrome, try adding...

I agree with pure_mornings comments... I would definately hold off rigging and concentrate more on the modelling first on this one...

my $0.02

you could pick one up off ebay for £600+ (depends on processor speed, you want 300mhz+) Ive played around with SGI/irix versions on lightwave and shake and its nice but I agree nowadays you can do...

The black back ground dosent do you glass glass shader much justice, a simple back ground and you may want to switch on shadows for a more realistic effect but this looks exactly like my creations...

looking good, I tried a Z3 but gave up, tried with nurbs though....nasty stuff!!

try reducing the FG rays from 1000 to maybe 500 or so.....

Is MR a nightmare or is it just me??????

I create a curve and revolve, I then duplicate and attach with blend and when I render in MR I get an error telling me revolvedsurface attached not nurbs...