yea your right.
Im not creating the textures as such. I have found a picture that was simalar to mine, and im using the those textures, and mapping them to my surface.
It seem to be working well.
Although i really didnt have too much luck with the projection. I havent had enough experience with it. Would be good to find a decent tut on it.
There's nothing normal about normals. In FACT i think the are abnormal.