Can it be done?
yep. you need to make ‘vertice groups’ first of all, then, see those material buttons in the edit buttons? those are for assigning different materials to one object. I will see if I can find a tut on it. brb.
http://10secondclub.org/users/juicy/mid_tute104.html
http://www.ingiebee.com/Blendermania/2%20bumpmaps%201%20object.htm
http://reblended.com/www/dreamsgate/PDF%20files/Quick%20reference.pdf
I made an example even. Good practice.
