Are you still interested in doing this? If you are, then I have a trick that might help with the engraved text map on the ring... Use the torus set to positive, the cylinder set to negative to carry the map. In the mat editor, set the text map to Blend Transparency, the bump to a negative number and in the DTE with the image, set the middle to white.

Use whatever metal mat you want but remember to use Blend Transparency and put the button in the "transparency" setting. If you want, I'll set up a mini tut here just for you later. (Have to go out on errands and have an afternoon appt. Maybe tonight, I'll get a chance to sit and create it)

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OS: Windows 11 64-bit
Poser: Poser 11.3 ...... Units: inches or meters depends on mood
Bryce: Bryce Pro 7.1.074
Image Editing: Corel Paintshop Pro
Renderer: Superfly, Firefly

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