Thanks Mark, I tried your suggestions for the model & indeed it would work. The quick render at right was done as a test before an "Unknown Error Occurred". However, I just couldn't get the t-map to work & I'm still in V2 of C so the custom mapping would be problematic. UVMapper may have been a possibility but rather then go thru that I cranked up Illustrator 8 in OS9, applied the KPT Vector Effects Warp Frame plug-in to the eps "page" and built three gradients for the shadows on various layers. Not quite photographic but tells the story none the less. Thanks again Mark, I'll try this again in Carrara V3 when I get it.