I am trying really hard to learn to do fingernail mats...anyone out there who can give me some clues?? TIA

Why would this be so hard to do? What is it your trying to do?

Destiny, Do you mean textures? I just did 3 more Vic Misc textures and got some nail textures that do not look too bad. or Do you mean a Mat pose that just textures the nails? Here is a MAT - paste it into a new doc name = nail.pz2 just change the texture name and location to yours. ************** { version { number 4.01 } figure { material Fingernails { KdColor 1 1 1 1 KaColor 0 0 0 1 KsColor 0 0 0 1 TextureColor 1 1 1 1 textureMap ":Runtime:Textures:A Vic tex:Millie Misc txtur 04.png" 0 0 } material Toenails { KdColor 1 1 1 1 KaColor 0 0 0 1 KsColor 0 0 0 1 TextureColor 1 1 1 1 textureMap ":Runtime:Textures:A Vic tex:Millie Misc txtur 04.png" 0 0 } } *************************

Thanks Jaager...that's gonna be a big help :) What I am trying to do is texture the fingernails so they look like a manicure or acrylic nails. Fancy fingernails for Vicki is what I'm going for :) I've made a few, but they really aren't all that great...I'm not real sure I am going about it in the right way.

Thank you for the Nail Mat, Jaager!

You're welcome, Billy. Destiny, All you need do is use the Body template, scale it to the size you need. In your paint program, put a marquee around the fingernails (and toe nails if involved) invert and cut. This will give you a nothing but nails template. Because the map is almost all white, a png will very pretty small for even a 2000 x 2000 and a JPEG as small or smaller - (I think the mono chrome is playing into PNG's strength for compression.) The Map - I am pretty sure the maps for the nails are upside down. The outside end going down. But the fingernails are funny. The part beyond the nail bed is hard to find and part of it may even fold under in the mesh. Why don't you do the investigating? On the fingernails template, do a series of parallel colored bands and see where they show up on Vicki's nails. This will define where the nail beds are and where outer tip begins. Use a nails morph and see how the texture works with it. Let me know what you find out.