Vicky1, no changes to the mesh.. Raytraced in Lightwave; no glowing nostrils. Glowing nostrils are a side effect of shadowmapping. What PhoenixRising posted was a method to lessen the effect through different geometry that tricks the renderer, but even still noses just don't render correctly with shadowmaps. This actually also affects other small features of the face. FYI the same image when rendered in LW using shadowmaps instead of raytracing also suffers from glowing nostrils, and face shadowing problems.