Can you post your scene file and I could take a look?

Try the bridge tool for this.

Perhaps it's the ratio of illumination on your sun vs the hdri & portal lights? I'm not sure, but look at the illumination and shadow aside from the illumination of coming from the sun. I'd expect...

Hi, it's coming along nicely. Apart from the main off screen light source, how are you lighting the scene? I ask because in the different images, the bounced lighting and soft indirect shadowing...

Hi,

this is starting to look nice. Main things for me which throw the scale off a bit are the scale of the fabrics on the carpet and rug (I know you've dealt with these previously, but I think...

Wow, that was awesome and fast, thank you so much Stewrt :)

Much appreciated, does exactly what I needed!

thank you

gubar

Hi,

instead of assigning each object a new material individually, is there a way to assign a unique material to all objects in a scene?

For my purposes it doesn't matter what the material is,...

http://www.hdrlabs.com/tutorials/#Shooting_a_Chrome_Ball_vs_Shoot

That's really cool Jay, nice work. Enjoy :)

Fair enough. I was just addressing your last comment about the ref having little or no reflection.

Edit: Sorry I meant to add too - the model is looking cool.