I love all this stuff -- very cool to see everyone's take on the topic. Love Terri's power-lounging ant. It's amazing how a simple model can convey a huge amount of character.... Jared - no, it's not a particle emitter (as far as I know, RDS doesn't have such a thing aside from the fountain primitive). It's a deformer called spike. I thought it looked like those rubber Koosh balls.