How to tile a pattern along a mesh?

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#1

Hello, I want to tile a pattern along a mesh, but I don’t see a good option for it.
The only way I can think of is Tissue plugin, but I can’t regulate the size of a pattern.

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Zbrush has micropoly and micro mesh - does Blender have something like this but better or even?
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Please help.

#2

Just try my addon Simply Micro Mesh:

#3

why not a ring duplicated with an Array modifier, a Simple Deform (Bend) modifier and at last a Curve modifier?