the hands are only hud entities, they arent visible in the level, i make them reall entites though, so they receive lighting, but in most fps games, there is an invisble actor filling the role of the plaeyer, this character is hidden to the player but its what everyone else would see, also.. ummm, if you look around, i'm pretty sure you wont find many 'current' FPSs that give you the ability to look in a mirror, its unnecessary in most cases.. i dont know why you need it however..