Little_Dragon, thank you very much for the explanation. Unfortunately, when I look at the examples above, I really don't see any individual hairs in the beards. They look painted on. Maybe it's the size of the renders? You say the beards are a transmapped figure. Is this much like transmapped hair, which is in essence, a prop attached to the head?! I know hair comes in 3 different flavors, 1.) "hair," 2.) Character Library, 3.) Prop (I never use prop hair because I don't understand it.)