Oops, I think I posted my reply as you posted your question so we are out of sink. Yeah, the bars I did above will cast a shadow because the box is transmapped so that where the texture shows it will cast a shadow if the lighting is right. I did this a long time ago on my Morning Glory picture where I made the curtain material semi transparent and used a colorful texture and matching transmap to create a shadow of the curtain lace pattern on the figure. Not exactly the same as what you suggested. But it makes me wonder, you could probably just as easily paint the shadow of the bars onto the texture the head texture for the figure. I suppose the possiblities for how to create the same basic effect are endless, and each with their own pro and con - not to mention personal favs for doing things. Since I only recently started to fool with making textures and trying to model stuff, the solutions I thought about in the past generally did not involve any of these two methods. Opportunities increase as we expand our horizons. :O)