@theluthier yeah. double error on my part. i had normals unconnected in the material duh.. and on substance i had the wood grain layer disabled when i had exported textures. double duh. must have been when i was testing stuff out with more simplified approach and disabled more than i meant.
need to still think a bit if this is now where i want it to be. maybe give it a rest for a day and come back on friday. 🙂
