well looks like I'm first

Chosen subject: Polar bear
Fur renderer: Shave and a haircut Demo (hence the grid)
Started with an anatomical study by building the skull before moving onto the full head.

Final entry:
https://www.flash-fx.net/3D/images/po...5_20060228.jpg

Skull:
https://www.flash-fx.net/3D/images/po...inal/skull.jpg

Base wires:
https://www.flash-fx.net/3D/images/po...inal/wires.jpg

UVmap (all these are well reduced versions):
https://www.flash-fx.net/3D/images/po...inal/uvmap.jpg
Colourmap:
https://www.flash-fx.net/3D/images/po.../colourmap.jpg
Bumpmap:
https://www.flash-fx.net/3D/images/po...al/bumpmap.jpg
Specmap:
https://www.flash-fx.net/3D/images/po...al/specmap.jpg

Head with no fur1:
https://www.flash-fx.net/3D/images/po...nal/nofur1.jpg
Head with no fur2:
https://www.flash-fx.net/3D/images/po...nal/nofur2.jpg

Reference photo1:
https://www.flash-fx.net/3D/images/po...reference1.jpg
Reference photo2:
https://www.flash-fx.net/3D/images/po...reference2.jpg
Reference photo3:
https://www.flash-fx.net/3D/images/po...reference3.jpg

And a smaller version of my final entry just in case my hosting plays up
Thanks to everyone for the c&cs!

EDIT: Hope its ok to post a slightly touched up version? Its still before the final closing date but if there is a problem just say and I'll revert it to the original version.