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I could get that no problem. Hang on and let me find an example...that will help. I'm pretty sure there has to be some texture work involved with the process I'm talking about. Alright, I found one. This is from Davo's Armor Shard kit. See the 'ripple' things doing down the side? How would that be achieved? Texture work in Photoshop? Or just advanced trans maps? I could see possibly doing that with a gradient effect combo bump map...I'm not sure. Any ideas?