i certainly do need one, if i delete it it gives me an error of: Warning: (Mayatomr.Shader) : mentalrayTexture1: no texture file referenced no mental ray texture found, and the mental ray node has an 'x' through it. Also when i plug in a texture file for my diffuse colour i get another error of: it does not show at all. // Error: (Mayatomr.Output) : file error: C:/Documents and Settings/Edmondson/Desktop/sophie head/2.tif // Why? I have attatched the file,and some of the screens, will someone try to get it to work, and try to assign a texture to the head, ad get back to me [IMG]https://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2789/problemuk2.jpg" alt="user added image" class="img-fluid" style="border:0px" alt="" />[/IMG]