You can also just paint over the textures that default on your characters. Just open them up in a paint program, RESAVE IT IMMEDIATELY WITH ANOTHER NAME BEFORE YOU START TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT, then go to town! That's all I do. You can overlay photographs of people's faces right over the template you're working with, recolor the skin, do anything. In fact, I think it's much easier to use the already painted textures because some of the work is already done for you. All you have to do is make changes to the parts you don't like. Melanie