realistic hair shading SI-MR

[Leendert A. Hartog]

What would be the "best" shading solution for rendering (more or less) 
realistic hair in Softimage using Mental Ray (sadly: financial 
constraints)? Note: shading/rendering hair, not "creating" it. Are there 
still any custom solutions "floating around", like the ancient muhhair 
and such?
Any other pointers for getting the best possible result would be more 
than welcome. Thanks in advance.

(Inspired by a question on the German xsiforum.de BTW)
Greetz
Leendert


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Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue
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