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Dear Alvaro, There are a few things you can do to make a texture look more "used": 1> You probably have the painting texture as Texture 1 at 100. Turn it down to a lower percentage, somewhere from 60 to 80. Then make the Diffuse color a medium gray. This will "desaturate" the colors in the painting. 2> Add a "dirt" bitmap for Texture 2. You can try using CEMENT.CEL at 10-15, or make your own "dirt" and apply it. DENTS.SXP works really well too but it takes longer to render than a bitmap. 3> If the material is shiny, use the "dirt" bitmap as a Shininess bitmap too, at 80-100. 4> Add a varied reflection map, such as VALLEY_L.TGA at 5-15. With this combination the material should look more used. If it still looks too new, take down the Texture 1 setting even further, and experiment with the brightness of the Diffuse color. Michele