Hi Miker777, just one little comment from an amateur, you can to a lot with the Gimp (meaning, you can manage without commercial packages). It really is excellent software. If you mask off SH3D background (which would be easier with background transparency), then play around with colour substitution and transparency you can do pretty much anything. Sometimes frustrating, but very addictive. I guess looking up cec' posts and the recent blog post is already a pretty good image tutorial.

..please continue...

cec' renderings are really something special, so yes, please keep posting. ok