Goodness, things have turned crazy here...like they usually do around this place - LOL! Okay...why doesn't my bamboo look like Mike's or Bill's? Um, well, it probably has something to do with the fact that I've never seen bamboo. Nope, not once. A few pictures, like Mike's, but not like for real. So my bamboo model is sort of based on old Chinese and Japanese drawings (mostly close-up types) and the couple bamboo flutes I've had in my life. So while I've seen bamboo itself, I've never seen a bamboo plant -- er, tree? But if you enlarge the model and make a bunch of duplicates of it, you can probably get a bush/tree out of it. :) Mike, water your bamboo! LOL! Hey, when did Bloodsong have a sex change operation??? =:o Bill, awesome bear! Keep it going! :) Varian