yes, on the first try I assigned a Black Metallic flake car paint and didn't pay attention to the glitter texture in it. It was working correctly on the early setup because the ground plane was smaller, then I scaled it to fit my needs without considering the tiling (I didn't remember the material has textures in it).
This is a good lesson. Very often, especially when working on a WIP project, it's easy to forget minor details. A good planning is essential in order to keep focused on everything.
this last heli image is wonderfull
Your new reflecting ground material is great too, I think its kind of sad having that dull gradient in the bg with irritating table (?) edges.
A nice and smooth L-shaped background with the dark reflecting ground material you have right here would make this ubergreat
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Now, it's looking much better. Thanks for taking care of AA and tiling issue. I don't want to be too much but now the top of it has heavy aliasing. Maybe, it'd be better to follow L studio suggestion.