Oh and steve, Im so tired from modelling these DTM's that getting into this was actually refreshing, frustrating but refreshing. Im getting addicted to it now, especially as I always thought Maya's shader were so limited. I have created some dew drops in PS ( a real simple gradient and shadow style). I didnt know how to add it to the apple..but I will experiment tonight and see if I can add the PDF as a node in there somehwere. Im not sure how to do it in Maya without geo, this is a simple but effective one....

https://www.depiction.net/tutorials/p.../raindrops.php

cheers bullet