Wanted to try this myself too. Here's my shot at it in modo. Didn't change the model at all though.

Very nice!

Would you mind posting your Modo settings for the light?

Here's the settings for mine. I also used an HDR probe to get some reflections off the filament. I'm not sure about modifying the model since it's yours :-)

I've attached the modo file for my setup, feel free to have a play. The shaders are all from the presets that come with modo, but I've tweaked them a little to get the effect I wanted.

The light is the fluorescent preset.

Like RAY I didn't want to mess with your model ;-)

Thanks gentlemen. Feel free to tweak my model if you deem it worthwhile and post the results. It is only a simple model that can and should be improved upon. I am not too happy about the screw area for example, and it is missing stencils etc. Still a long way to go for it to compete with the work of the masters, I am afraid. Let’s see how far we can push the envelope with this one.

Nice Model. Thanks.

Here is my render.
Rendered with Finalrender on Cinema 4D
Rendertime 1 min 40 sek.

Very nice! I like the "warm" tone of this render.

Hello Phil:

What format do you use for export to blender?

Thank you in advance

David

P.S. A quick explanation. Waiting for a sure good tutorial of your "pipeline" for exporting to blender ;-)

Well I had to try. The fluorescent bulb is hard.

Cant leave it alone. I guess I'll use this as a light source training tool! Will have to keep massaging the flourecent.

I can't leave it alone either. Here's the same image brightened up and tweaked a little. I also made a model with a tube inside a tube but can't really get anything useful out of it.

Thats a great result Ray. I like the area where the bulb touches the floor. Did you get that with the render or touchup? Much Better!

Thanks. I did a bunch of re-renders adjusting the luminosity and colors. Then post with Picasa to add contrast and balance the lighting.

Here's the tutorial that I promised for the process of exporting into Blender and rendering with Lux Render.

http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=2652.1