Seems everyone has risen well above the sorry-for-myself bleating I was doing... I'm so impressed with you guys and gals!

@ Acadia: I'm delighted for you. She looks like a nice character. It would have surprised me if Rendo hadn't given you anything, and it would have been so ill-deserved, after all you've given to the Poser community!
@ Laurie: I should have learned from the last one. And I've been really good, too - saving up for a new machine because my old one died, so Rendo hasn't seen much of my custom these days. Oh well, once a shopper, always a shopper, I guess. :blink:
@ Esther: apparently, this item I did get was made primarily for Bryce and Max, so Poser is a bit of an afterthought, looks like to me. So, if I had a need for a floating personnel carrier, I'd probably be spending a fair bit of time in the Mat roomto tweak the shaders.
@ Bagginsbill: Heck, I'd be going to the "What's Hot" section of the Marketplace, pick just about any original item, have a look and a re-do of the shader, and then - I know you said freebie but! - sell it to us groupies as a lesson on how to make the correct shaders for that particular sort of item!
I'd be paying for that! Wouldn't the rest of you??!? :biggrin:

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Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen
[it is clear that humans have contempt for that which they do not understand] 

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