Ultra pretty, making good use of the new engine I see myrk Smooth groups are discussed in the SDK documentation I believe, seemed quite finicky if I remember correctly. As for the metal - are you sure your using a world material and not one meant for a model? If it is, thats probably your problem, they always come out with dodgy light issues on world brushes.

Gee, thats a beautyfull little scene. Really great work!