Maya 2011 Gold Metallic Mental Ray Shader Tutorial by Stuart Christensen

Gold is an elusive element to re-create because it's shiny and predictable but only when you take into account the actual lighting in the your scene. So set up a few lights and learn how to create a Golden Mental Ray Metallic Shader in this tutorial by Stuart Christensen. This shader should serve as a starting point for you to add the golden touches to your scene. Remember, gold is awesome because of the way it looks in different kinds of light so keep that in mind as you play around with the parameters of this cool Mental Ray Shader.