Jay, will you elaborate? I am no expert and am wondering what geo is?

I was able to render using mental ray with default lighting and ambient occlusion turned on and set Rays to 500. I then set the environment background color to white in the camera attribute editor...

Thanks guys! I like the bump idea! I'll let you know how it works.

It's pretty much one of these...

http://i00.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/404638360/Boat_Shelter_RV_Tent.jpg

I can't get the wrinkles right on the front.

I am rendering using mental ray. Does knowing this change your first answer at all?

I am trying to model the wrinkles an a tent and can't seem to dial it in. I modeled it as an nCloth, anchored it with transforms, and blew wind at it hoping to freeze it and duplicate it, but it...

I am trying to model a building with 10 individual fluorescent bulbs linked together around the edges for lighting. (basically these... http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml03/03145b.jpg) ...

So it turns out I need this type of shading, but in full color. Mainly, the way the light falls gradually on the surface. Any advice?

Thank you! I don't know exactly how to do that, but I know enough that i think i can figure it out.

I am wondering how to achieve this type of lighting effect using similar buildings i create out of polygons. I suspect this one was made with nurbs. What type of lights should i add and what...