So I have finished my work with Metal and here is the result (I have also changed the Font to match theme).

Metal,Chrome and Jelly Text Effects

Remember that our effect is still incomplete; it will be post produced using Wacom tablet.

Now let's take care of our second Specimen) ? Chrome. Now the most important here is to know Tonal Gamma OF Chrome. Its Tonal Gamma differs a lot from other for example matte surfaces. So let's do it. Man. It's very hard to do it using layer styles. So I just use my tablet to paint it by hand.

Rasterize the layer. Tap on the layer holding the ALT key to select the layer and begin to paint.

Brushes:

Metal,Chrome and Jelly Text Effects
  




Metal,Chrome and Jelly Text Effects

Step 1 ?black reflections

Metal,Chrome and Jelly Text Effects

Then I suggest to use some blur (using the blur tool) (R) ?.. continue the painting.

Metal,Chrome and Jelly Text Effects



Metal,Chrome and Jelly Text Effects