I managed to model a clothes pin, or sometimes referred to as a peg. The peg is modeled to scale being roughly ~ 3 inches. I lit the scene following this tutorial Did not quite get the lighting I was looking for, but better than I had earlier today.

I also have a series of renders here.

If anyone has any idea of getting lighting right hit me up. I would include the scene file, but I guess I can't upload .ma files (-.-)