Attatched is the first proper render, yesterday was giving me all sorts of trouble (somehow lightwave not only corrupted the file, but the last 2 backed up versions to, and then corrupted some textures, and then some mapping as well...)
anyway, time to get on with materials, lighting, and some slight tweaks to model (I can see the hood edge needs improving from that render)
also, its now exactly 20,000 polies.