Since you guys have been so helpful, I'm going to keep asking questions. Hopefully I'm not annoying you all.

What is the easiest way to make a scene that has realistic grass. I know there is the grass "painter", but it always looks uneven. Is there a way to attach grass to say a BLINN or something so it's even throughout whatever I apply it too? That's what I do when I want to make a scene with SAND (using a JPG from a picture of my daughters sandbox).

Is this a dumb question?

Chris, Baltimore