Author: Debi

As shown in the image above;

• Create a cube. Select one poly face and under the Polygon tools tab, select Sketch Extrude and drag out from the blue dot for the required length, making multiple, even stops along the way.
• (Alternatively, simply drag out a cube that is say, 1x1x10)
• In poly-mode, double-click on the item to select all polygons.
• Under the Polygon tab, click on the Spikey tool, then click on the object. Each face will be sub-divided into 4 tris.
• Whilst still selected, click on Bevel (B) (make sure Group Polygons is unchecked), and then drag the red-handle in slightly.
• Press backspace or Delete to remove the inside polygons.
• That's it!
• If you want to add some thickness, whilst still selected, click on the Thicken tool and drag slightly.

• Place the grass into a Group
• Create a replicator using the Grass group as Prototype and the ground item as the Point Source.
• Hide the grass from the renderer by unchecking it under the Group tab

Apply texture

• Select your mesh, apply a material.
• With the material selected> Add Layer > Image Map > Load Image of your grass, dirt or other preferred texture.

Correct Gamma

• Under > Properties > Texture Layers > Gamma, divide the gamma 1.0 by 2.2 = .4546


Increase Wrap

• Under > Properties > Texture Locator > Projection, increase both Horizontal & Vertical Wraps so that they appear tiled. Try 10 x 10 (but it really depends on the texture you are using)
• Note: Make sure you have the Render Preview Window open, as texture replicators do not show up in the Open GL viewport.

Texture Replicator

• Under > Properties > Texture Locator > Texture Replicator > Particle Source, select the mesh item you wish to apply the image map to.
• Increase the Particle Size so that each image is almost touching
• Adjust the Falloff Bias and Gain so that the mess is totally and evenly covered.
• Adjust the Random Size, Rotation and Random Rotation as required.