thanks for responses! I'm looking to model it as i'm still learning and haven't got round to doing texturing/displacement mapping yet! :blush: Zbrush i haven't got much of a clue about. I'm going to try my idea of shattering a flat cubeoid to create shards and arrange them into the formation i want. I think it should be straightforward enough! I will post back tomorrow with pictures to show you how it went! thanks again