amazing what one image can start, huh???? i didn't even get near my computer long enough to attempt reproducing the pic in Poser, but thanks for the advice about the lo-res figures....i'm only running 128 MB of RAM at the moment (w/ 500 mHz AMD K6-2 and 16 MB video RAM), so i might've run aground on that one.....if i could find a place as generous with hardware as Renderosity is with Poser stuff, i'd be set ;)