Mick

Thanks for replying! Yes, I have tried projecting after trimming that's what I did first. It was only when I was trouble shooting this problem that I discovered that it was the trimming that caused the problem.

It's almost as if the trimming does something to the surface that causes any sort of projection (not regular shading BTW) to go out the window.

Have deleted history also - doesn't solve the issue. Probably better stiking to polys for texturing. Bit clueless on this one...