Tony - Thanks for taking the time to perform the test. I look forward to trying it again. While comparing your two models (fast preview v. rendered), I was able to put my finger on part of the problem I am seeing is the way the lights interact with the model in the pose room: notice how the hotspots on your rendered version make the model look as if it were made out of painted plastic rather than the even flesh tone of the fast preview (I am not criticising your work - I know it's a down and dirty version, unretouched). My point is, I think after seeing your rendered version part of the problem I was having may be correctable with careful use of lighting in addition to texture work. Good tip with the head resizing - my heads were coming out a bit on the smallish side. Thanks again for your hard work!