I got a idea while in welding today (classes just started, so I havnt had a chance to think of it before ;)). I think it would be cool to make a cutting table scene in ZBrush, and use it as the background in a OpenGL powered partical engine. Oooohhh that would look nice 
If you don’t know what a partical engine is, think about welding, then the sparks it shoots out… the sparks shooting out is what the partical engine would be. I just felt like posting this to see what other people think about the idea. Mabey when I get good in ZBrush I’ll make the scene and post a new screen saver 
yup, i know what you’re talking about, if you seriously want to play with such stuff, there’s the one and only pixel based particle system (illusion) available at
www.coolfun.com
think i saw a demo, even. aaaand, you can even define your own particles, made of zbrush objects … gives me an idea …
here’s another particle-thingie: http://www.csb-digital.com/alamdv/
am i the only one, to have more projects than time?
WingedOne smells a particle Z-Script coming from somewhere.