I have been totally awestruck with Paula's (ILuvCrush) globe layouts, here is her latest
She uses SBC+3.0 which I don't use, but found this tut specifically for GIMP. Have so far just played around with some spare photo's and the end result it TOTALLY works!
http://boitblog.blogspot.com/search?q=globe
And the following will help with applying an easy GIMP reflection
http://www.pixel2life.com/viewtutori...tions_in_gimp/