I was modeling a train from reference images (a coal-fired, steam-powered locomotive). I had the pipes for the train I was modeling selected. Long story short > my cat walked across my keyboard and I'm now unable to apply any materials to the object, the pipes (originally it was black).

It's not a frozen selection as I'm able to move it and the properties table isn't different from any other scene material.

Has anyone encountered this before and can you offer me any solutions?

Thanks in advance

Ghazawy

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