"When creating very reflective surfaces, like mirrors or other shiny metals, set your diffuse value very low, even all the way to black. This is because very highly reflective surfaces essentially show very little colour of their own, as we instead perceive the colours of the reflections we see on their surfaces." - Leigh Van Der Byl, Texturing For Dummies
"Not a sparrow falls that God doesn't know; you can't get away with anything." - William Shakespeare