Well I just couldn't face waiting umpteen months for enough to get Deep Paint 3D, however I did have enough for my strongest alternative - BodyPaint 3D. Deecey made a good point about DP 3D, in that it can project another image right on the object being painted; i.e. a face. So I went back to Maxon's site and discovered that BP 3D can do the exact same thing with the clone tool (or stamp; I forget now). Plus a lot of fairly deep stuff. It behaves more in concert with what I already know, a la Photoshop, and does not require learning how to do stuff the ZBrush way. So far I'm stumbling through tutorials. They really stress body textures, but all of the tutorials and manuals are liberally sprinkled with other objects, such as cars, mufflers, and whatnot. Anyway, I got it overnight shipping, and so far so good. Thanks for all your replies. You helped me make sure I knew what I wanted! Norm