OK I started messing around with materials to see what to do to make a tutorial. I came up with a few but I really like this one. So to test my machine (iMac 24") I made a sample image with the material and set it to render at 6000x3200 (19 Megapixels) at 9x9pass. It took 5.5 Hours and here is what I got and the material (with included maps(All used procedural and may need adjustments for different models))
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And the material itself. (Includes 2colormaps 2bumpmaps 1 preview render and the material file)
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Enjoy!

Photoman

That looks pretty good.

Make more!

Thats a very nice render (the entire scene is set up well too).

Thanks for the material!
It'll be a nice addition to my collection.

If this one is any indication I'd say you've developed a talent for creating materials.

"pretty good"? "pretty good"????

I'd love to see more - I've never used Bitmap Plus. That would be good for landscaping - I've been thinking about things like height maps, and you could have rock then grass than snow using that technique.

More please

How did you do the water?

That doese look good ,thank's a lot

Thanks, rather nice looking MAt...

-A:M Mats rules!!! nice job.....