Newbie Question - Different textures on different parts of the model

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Hey, A bit of a newbie question here - how do you select different parts of a model to receive different textures/materials? For example, I have a nice chair model that I want to add into my scene to render in YafaRay, but I want the chair’s legs to have a chrome-ey material, while the seat and stuff needs to have a more matte finish. How do I apply materials to these different parts of the model? Every material I apply is just applied to the model as a whole.

Thanks :smiley:

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http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:Manual/Materials/Multiple_Materials
http://feeblemind.tuxfamily.org/dotclear/index.php/2004/12/21/5-blender-indices-materiau—material-indice

Richard

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you could also UV map different part of your chair
so check out the wiki for UV mapping!

Salutations

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And if you find it bothersome to do this with material indexes, speak out here! :wink: