Originally posted by Roman nice work guys.. damn those are some pretty cool mechas.. babyduck.. nice modelin' man.. keep it up! oh no, that means you are not satisfied with the model would like me to add tons and tons of detail. :p but i wanted to concentrate on texturing as i have not the slightest idea on how to translate brain to maya. and the only thing that will change the model will be bump and displacement (if any). but i have a problem: i tried make subd paintable, maya does not complain, but it wont let me paint paintfx on the surface with polys it complains, with nurbs no complain, but the nurbs work, subd does not