Realistic Hair In 3ds Max 7??????

[MikeYork]

Does anyone know how to make realistic hair in 3ds max 7?? Is there a plug in something?? here are some renders of a self portrait I have been working on and I need extreme help on my hair

http://www.deviantart.com/view/15409461/

[olympus]

Shag:Hair fron Digimation.com
CliothFX from TurboSquid.com
Ornatrix (crashes often, search google to find their homepage)

[MikeYork]

How about a plug in that doesnt cost money

[il_paulio]

http://maxres.cgworks.com/scripts/

I found this one for simple hair. Its for 3dsmax 5.1 but dont know if it'll work for 3dsmax 7

[MikeYork]

That link doesnt work for me try it again or something..... I am modeling Avril Lavigne on my spare time and I would really ove to find a good sollution to realistic hair in 3ds max. Thanx for your input il_paulio

[olli96]

free hair solutions for max, huh ? guess you have to wait for max8 ;) till then you could get one of the commercial plug-ins mentioned above (btw, olympus, its hairFX not clothFX ;) ) or you could try out one of these methods:

http://www.scriptspot.com/bobo/mxs5/pflow/pflow__Hairy_Teapot.htm
http://www.3d-palace.com/xenomorphic/education/doc_oldhair.htm

Olli

[Problemss]

or you could map a picture of hair on a plane and do it by hand...i have seen better results like that then with a plugin