Nice RobA. Maybe the textures were compounding the shadows. I like Jaxilon's idea of a seperate light souce in the stairwell, but I imagine that would make the shadows even more complex. I still think a landing at the "top" gives a better point of reference even with the shadows doing most of that work. @Bogie.. handrails are for woosies LOL. Tell that to the eighty year old wizard whose apprentice has run off with the local Duke's daughter every time someone knocks on the front
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