Not alot of progress, but ive blocked out some vines around the character. these need to be detailed, and then i shall also add thorns along them. im thinking the fastest way of doing this might be to use the vine as a mesh emitter in maya, and get it to emmit a couple variations of thorn i create. i can then go thru and make sure they are oriented correctly. I had planned on retopo'ing and uv's/ proper textures. but im running outa time... so it might just be a quick zbrush pose and paint, if i finish at all XD