tutorial 1 - empowering the softimage ice strands - lots of possibilities i see here my padavans - furry caterpillars , coniferous trees, skin scales and all sorts of crazy surrealistic stuff could be created. also for example you could make a cloned particles with different color - one color for berries, other for pine needles and so on - endless possibilities. scenes are here http://db.tt/fOHobWsM Chris Marshall`s lesson is here http://dot3d.blogspot.ru/2009/10/softimage-ice-tree-building-step-by.html