Well, I tried again with a different character - Geena. Got exactly the same result. I'm trying to simulate pantyhose, and I know some folks here have done it. I'm just running into a block, possibly mental, but I think I've done everything according to BB's instructions.

I used the grouping tool to assign two separate zones; stockings_L for legs and feet, and stockings_U for hips and torso. I am assuming here (and yes, I know what happens when you assume..) that since the hips-torso zone and the legs-feet-toes zone use two different skin maps, you have to make two stocking shader zones as well. Am I on the right track here? I used Sreed as suggested by grichter, but it made no difference. I'm attaching screen shots to clarify..

this image shows what the figure looks like after loading the skin textures into BB's shader.

Continued....

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