Firstly thanks for the feedback on the Pumpkin model. Secondly, I've not been able to do much with the model this week as I've been knocked down with 'Man Flu' :) Seeing as I'm feeling a little better tonight I thought it was time to start UV Mapping the model and testing some textures out. The stem proved to be a complete PITA to UV Map, bearing in mind I'm new to UV Mapping and have so much to learn it's unreal. But basically I couldn't get it to unwrap into a clean enough map that didn't cause too much distortion. So I ended up creating a seam and using a flat projection and then relaxing the map using the LSCM function cutting on the edge I had created. This turned out a clean map but still left me with much distortion around the base of the stem. So stumped I thought, what the hell do I do? Then ensued a good hour of point and poly moving on the UV Map to turn out a clean enough map with little distortion. It's by no means perfect as I'm learning but it was bloody hard work let me tell you. Suicide crossed my mind many a time *lol* So yes, Steam is now pretty much done, I've worked on the Ivy a little and the leaves. Leaving me the pumpkin to texture and UV Map, thankfully I already know how to unwrap this how I want. So what did I learn, complex shapes/models prove very frustrating when it comes to creating a clean UVMap.. Torture! Anyway feedback very welcome as always. Hope you like what I have thus far and please excuse the bad lighting. Now time to rest Mike