The light with the raytrace on is a spot light with 150 intensity (quad). There is a second spot light with also 150 int (quad) but no raytrace on. The blade has # of reflactions set to zero bc otherwise it gets way too bright from the FG Dome (which has color and ambient maps). so right now its picking up all reflections only from the reflection map. Making the intensity on the spot light with raytrace on higher would make the shadow stand out a bit more, i'll try that see if it enhances the look. I am a bit worried it will create too big/strong of a spec on the blade.