K... thanks, that's all good to know. So basically the most straightforward solution to this now and in future is to just avoid scaling an entire object always. Great, I'll just start over soon and get more practice in. Should everything else not affect things like Inset, i.e. pulling around vertices, cutting etc?
Hmmm... that's interesting... I'll have another look... I changed it to Flat + Edged Faces but it seems to have the same effect: http://oi42.tinypic.com/1z5hxsm.jpg Still looks much thinner towards the left at the bend. Ok, I just discovered something major. I wondered why it worked for you when you used the .obj, so I…
Yes, I've been messing around and basically I want the effect of the Inset tool... except that gives me a weird inconsistent border like this: http://oi40.tinypic.com/8wgzu9.jpg As you can see, it's a warped mess at the left side where it curves. I've searched around a little but I haven't found very much that helped. This…