Hi,
Ur efforts are really appreciated. Having gone thru Brian's suggestions i'm yet to achieve the desired solution hence i've attached the file itself.
2254_mainlogo.c4d.zip
Could this have anything to do (though i doubt it) with the fact that the shield was extruded from an illustrator file? Might have to model the shield in autocad 2011 and exported to c4d as a .fbx file. I'm however convinced i'm better off working purely in c4d.
thanks guys
Michael