Is this a UV mapping issue?

[WhiskeyJack]

I know about the limitations of decal geometry when it comes around sharp edges, but here in the first image there is no difference between the two surfaces but one gets stretched while the other is fine, the second image with the plate is even more strange since it’s flat and gets stretched but around the edges of the plate it looks normal. I am wondering if this is a UV mapping issue after all or there is something I am missing.

[PavelBoytchev]

Maybe it is this:

Why is my decal stretched and deformed on some surfaces of the model?

Decals are not wrapped along the object surface like a paper sticker. Decals act like torches that project light. When they are perpendicular to the surface, the shape looks proportional. When they are applied to slanting surfaces, the shape is stretched. [image]