i have now gone back to my panda.

i recreated the model as my skills have progressed from my last attempt.

i forgot to get a render of this.

but i have a blank render of my uvwmapping before and after

after: (still needs a bit of work)

i started to get annoyed with the model mapping again so i decided to start getting it in the correct position for my render. as i want it climbing up the bamboo i made before.

to do this i had to insert a skeleton (biped) to attach to the model.

i then had to adjust parameters to allow the model to follow the skeleton movements properly.