Shininess lighting GLUT OpenGL

Hi peeps,

Ive drawn shapes using GL_QUADS and TRAINGLE_FAN. Its my 3d checkers game. The whole game is completed and i just want to add shininess to the game to make it look more realistic. Ive seen so many examples and i just cant get it to work. I've got rid of my lighting setup completely and i was hoping someone could help me through the setup of of the light and shininess. Im using c++ and OpenGL with GLUT. If any one would like to see the source code i will send it thru on request.

I have a main.cpp where my GL environment is setup. I draw the shapes in Square.cpp and Draught.cpp but call the draw methods elsewhere. If anyone could help it would be great.

Thanks

You should look into normals. Basically normals are vectors that allow light to realistically interact with a particular shape. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_normal