Thanks Pixey , long story about the name .
Great tutorial on banners , I'll bookmark that one . . . but it's not exactly what I need . I have a design that I was wanting to put on a flag and have it appear like the checkered flag below , it's for a decal on a model I'm building .
I'm pretty sure I can do it using some existing effects like sinwave or tube oblique plus a little tinkering , but I was looking for an easy way out !