Extremely interesting idea, Gerald. Not that I don't like tex's, I love them. But I have a hunch that procedural/fractal-based texturing combined w/ material zones like the ones you've done, will be way things are done in the future, at least in animation (seems more practical to let a powerful graphics card calculate a surface on the fly instead of pulling in a texture from memory). Very nice work - when's Vicki getting the same treatment ;o) ?