I'm really pretty bad at this CG thing....

@GiantCowFilms How bad is it?

@someonewithpc It is looking pretty good, I think you could increase the amount of hair on the monkey, try using child particles.

@GiantCowFilms I tried that... there were too many; I guess I'll just add another 5000 hairs - and remove the ones on the back

@someonewithpc You need to set the number of child particles. Also, when you add them, you might wan't to pull back on the overall number.