Hey there John! Yeah, I would say go for using the render to texture in Max, it's a pain to do it in Zbrush due to it's alien interface, At least it is to me.
Blender has a tool shelf now, though, and the entire interface is scriptable through python, so can't someone with scripting experience do whatever they like?
well, it works, but my page is in some foriegn language. wierd... EDIT: fixed it. I'll eventually upload a flash interface or something. Good old flash.