I've been playing with this model in ZBrush, using the skinning function which builds a new mesh over an existing one. I get good UV coords this way, so its off to AG to play some more! UVMapper "Classic" by the way does not do custom mapping, but the "Pro" version has a per vertex option. Unfortunately the demo of "Pro" does not let you save, so I can't tell if this would resolve my problem. Chris