The hardhat in my image in message 5 is one that I have used much in my renders. It started as a miner's helmet in .3DS . Its mesh is largely composed of equilateral triangles. It is accompanied by a readme file that says this:- This model was created by Greg Crowfoot. Homepage: CROWFOOT CREATIONS http://www.pacificnet.net/ccswg/ email: gregc@pacificnet.net but since I have converted it to .OBJ format and re-texture-mapped it.