Are you using any spotlights in close to light the figure? If you are only using infinity lights for the scene, this may be the problem. Try this: Add a new light (or use one of your existing), set it to spotlight in the properties, now select your figure (body will work) go to the menu bar and select edit/copy for the figure. Reselect the (new) spotlight, go back to menu bare and do a edit/paste on the light. This should paste (locate) the light at the figures feet. Go to object/point at in the menubar and point the light at the ground. Now using in the x,y,z tran dials for the light, elevate and position the light so that it is above the figure, slightly forward, and off to one side (say the figure's right shoulder) Now render. The figure should now cast a shadow onto the ground plane. You may need to tweek the x,y,z to get the angle and position for the light/shadow you want, and you will also probably want to/need to adjust the intensity, map size, and shadow dial settings as well. Also, I recommend you use a white color light at 100% to start out with, than vary from there as you think best. Hope this helps. Rob