Thanks for all your suggestions!!! I'll work on it... and hopefully get an updated pic up here in the near future. I like the 'wings' idea- but this is supposed to be an 'old' style battleship- and a huge one! I'm not sure if wings would look right... Again, I'm trying to model (in part) keeping in mind what form would best fit the function. In space, there's no drag, so shape isn't a problem (except for artistic purposes ;). I do agree that the back looks a little odd. I should probably put the turrets on more stragically too- heavy firepower doesn't mean anything if it's all in the back Of course, if it were a truly well-designed spaceship it would have gunports on all sides, and would be very close to symmetrical (there is no 'up' in space)... but since this is an 'older' ship the builders still conform to the convential idea of a destroyer or battleship. Just one question- and I feel I should know this (but I don't ;)- what is UV mapping? Gecko