cheers for that steve 
Here's another minor update as I've been real busy recently. The whole left side of the hair is effectively done now except for some tweaking and the edges. I'm going to duplicate this area for the right side and then go in and move some of those strands about to get the look right and blend in with the front right hair which sits differently. Then its mr beard time... 
Next time a bumpmap or an excuse to get zbrush might save a lot of time!

Si