Found an example I made recently to play with vertex normals. Might help you visualize what I'm talking about. http://boards.polycount.net/showpost.php?p=1122194&postcount=34
Forgot to post here that it's been released! http://thisoneisonus.org/node/34 It comes in a lot of formats so you shouldn't have a problem finding something that works for you. Happy viewing!
Nice, awesome in fact! :) And that's unfortunate. I see by your avatar you're familliar with the STALKER series, and i thought it'd be a nice replacement for the TOZ-34 in CoP: MISERY. Cheers anyway!