Ok - I'm glad you did not delete the post because I am trying my best to follow along without the files....

I have modelled the sword reasonably well, but now I'm onto texturing part 1 - This calles for a "Blank Tiff" file - Now because I don't have the textures supplied with the tutorial - I have been using my own... BUT the silver shader is not showing through enough... It may be because i made my "Blank" "Tiff" wrong...

I have tried twice creating in Photoshop - 1st one had a white background and the second had a transparent background...
But it still seems wrong? any iseas how to create a blank "Tiff" like in the tutorial?

Regards Scraggy

(I think I will try with a black background and see what happens)