to get the lines right use the image as a ref...then curve tool....or again in PS use the pen tool to create the arcs..using the image as a ref. They look like negative spaces dave? dom? they look like a leather imprint rather than a raised surface. Or in Z (dom?) you can use a ref on a plane?
dom why Z may I ask? is it more in tune with the desired effect?
cheers bullet
bullet1968
"A Darkness at Sethanon", a book I aspire to model some of the charcters and scenes