Thanks, I have just managed to get some docs on 'texture displacement' off the net... But to be honest I want to learn to "chisel" them out somehow.... If possible?

But to be honest, I'm very surprised at the answers I got.
Is it really That hard to cut out text? in Maya and make a bevel....

And Alan, do you mean that if I get the rendering right , (I'm now borrowing Maya 6 so have MRay ) it would be better using Nurbs?
If so - thats my question - How do you "Cut" the letters out of the nurbs cube? because I really would like to use the bevels on the letters on a close up "Tomb" face to create some nice effects
(Well at least try!!!) with the moonlight if at all possible.. So I would lile a real 3D bevel to play with, I have no idea how to use displacement maps to create different bevels. so will get into my tut's
I thought???? It would be easy to extrude somehow?

Well just shows how wrong you can be, a "SEA" or "Hair" No Problem
Cut a name out of a square block - nope.... come back in Maya 12

Life and Maya aint fair
(sometimes) - Scraggy