Thanx Much guys.. Haven't been ignoring you all. Had some hard drive issues & was getting my pc back up & running again..
I did the texture several months ago using digital photos I took & don't remember exactly what I did.
But there's no real trick to making it. Just start with a brushed metal base (Good Tutorial tut) then build it up in layers.
The odd green layer was beveled a tiny bit. Rough texture is actually rough stone that I roughened up a little more with a Photoshop layer style. Beveled this layer a tiny bit too & erased with grunge brushes to make the streaks & scratches.
The rust was done in several layers using a layer style I made from my pic & applied with the grunge brushes & varying transparency (layer pallette) so it blends in. Some beveling here too.
When it's all done you can copy & paste to another window or merge the layers if you prefer, then use the darkening tool to add some shadows & brightness/contrast till it suits you.
I've tried making my own grungy brushes with some pretty miserable results so didn't use my own. If I remember right, I found the scratch ones at Adobe Exchange & the others were some that Outlaw By Design? had on their website.
Sorry I wasn't more help..

Fran.. Like you I'm just learning to use Wings but I've found that saving each piece of the model & uvmapping them separately makes it easier to texture.

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