To dirty up the textures you could use lowsmog3 as a diffusion map - works really great. The tree and 2x4s look they come from inyerface - not sure about the chest and crate though, or the clothes. And Noel has a tutorial called 'Footprints in the Snow' that you might find interesting at http://free.prohosting.com/%7Elilwolff/Sharings/Footprints.html Snow or Sand the technique would be the same. Hope this helps, Jade Jaded Images - http://jade3d.posermail.com 3D Links Moderator at 3D Commune - http://www.3dcommune.com