Thanks for the comparison image Sack.  (you're one brave rat modling cats like that.)  Anyway, I'm not happy with the textures either.  I tried to get a good photographic one for stones, but I have tiling problems that I don't quite know how to handle.  I may go back to a proceedural texture, but I haven't been able to get it to look good up close.  I haven't made an attempt to blend the two types of textures, but I smell disaster right now, so I dunno.  But yes, I need to do something there.  Any good DTE tricks for making castle walls?

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