If there's room for two more cents, here's mine... I like having themes for the contests. It's great to see how a concept can be approached from several angles. The western theme is quite a technical challenge, especially if you go with the American "wild west" of horses, cacti, sagebrush, cattle, and all those other organic shapes. Now let's see some creative solutions... Extending the deadline should be helpful in several ways. It would allow us more time to exchange ideas and ask one another for advice (very educational). It will also allow participants to submit a more complete product that really shows off the capabilities of Carrara and RDS. This should attract more customers for Eovia - an important first step in our plan to take over the world! Mwahahahaha! Oh, and one more thing... there's nothing wrong with 64 megs of ram if you catch my drift ;) Jim Z. a.k.a. Julian Boolean