AgentSmith, ** **I'm trying to make bread. I know I could just go out and by the bread model from the market place. But where's the fun in that. 

Here's how I got to where I am now. I made a simple bread slice shape in wings 3D. First I use a bread texture I made from a scan of sliced white bread. (see attached photo)  It looked too one dimensional. So next I tried to  make a bread mat from that photo. Nope it's not doing it for me ether. (I'll pot that next)
So I thought I would try a Volumetrics texture from the Bryce presets. But as I stated If I render the shape, nothing renders. Just blank. I'm not sure if I have bad files or if I'm doing something wrong. This may not even be the thing I need to do to complete my render. But I thought I'd at least give it a try.

Any ideas?