Well now I see how you get such good shadows. I am using Carrara and it doesn't have the same soft shadow thing (at least from what I can see). I did run RDS and found the options you were talking about in there. Also, applying a decal like you did for your wings appears to be a whole lot easier in RDS. I'm a serious beginner when it comes to shaders so I'm doing some reading and research to see how to paint my plane up and get it working better. I've done some minor clean up on my model and I turned on the soft shadows and the result is something that doesn't look like it's on the surface very well (I'm very disappointed). If I get my wings and tail painted up, I'll post it.

-Kix