Another submission for this competition, This time using the metallic paint and new metals. For starters, I loved the new metal presets, I used Iron here in this render on the spun metal. And then I used metallic paint for the housing of these headphones, I definitely enjoy the ability to make different types of sheens with the new clear coat colors. Also, I'm not sure how new it is, but I used the Velvet material for the first time with this render, using some custom maps to simulate felt. The velvet material was really interesting to work with.
I modeled these headphones using Solidworks 2017, it's been a few years since I modeled/rendered headphones so it was nice to get back into.
The final render is attached as well as the stock render. I laid in a background I created first so it would blend better in the rendering. Then did some minor color/light/effect adjustments in Photoshop afterwards.
Good luck to everyone