[DJ Dubovsky]

This whole thread turned out to be a real thinker. It gave us reasons to explore and there are really some very good results because if it.

I had even thought to somehow apply a distorted image as a reflection to see if that gave it more realism but never got that far. It may be interesting to try. I would use paste into and maybe some filter that causes a distortion of the scene. It's definately got me thinking. I guess that's how neat techniques are born.
DJ

[stuart h]

Recently discovered this FANTASTIC site & will soon be uploading some of my challenge efforts.
I came here to ask a question & got distracted by this thread so here's my take on it:

I too made a displacement map by duping the figure, desaturating, blurring then adjusting levels. Loaded this into another copy of the figure which I chromed then ran through the glass filter, using my disp map as the texture. For the extra touches I did some selective cloning & painting white for highlights, before using a gradient in overlay mode to finish.

[DJ Dubovsky]

Welcome aboard Stuart. Wow, that's really cool. Makes me look forward to more of your examples in the future.
DJ