Ribs can be done easy with a displacement map.  At least easier than mesh deformations! :laugh:  I'll look into it this weekend. and try to come up with something to play around with.

I'm in the middle of modeling space freighters and escape pods and such, and my time has disappeared.

I cannot save the world. Only my little piece of it. If we all act together, we can save the world.--Nelson Mandela
An  inconsistent hobgoblin is the fool of little minds
Taking "Just do it" to a whole new level!