Hi Torch.Xgen looks great. Unfortunately I don't have access to Maya. I thought xgen was spline based but looks like you can generate hair cards pretty well. Ahhh back to work :)
Ah yeah I've heard of hair tool. I really need to spend some more time in Blender, the tools seem really robust... just tempting to stick to what you know :) those hair results look fantastic, have you tried xgen in maya? Nice one