"All I do is fire up lightwave, push a few points & vertices around & out pops a model :-)" LOL! I know it's intentional, but that's probably the understatement of the year. If that's all there was to it, then Poser wouldn't be needed. Just like how someone rendering a scene needs to understand lighting and perspective, a modeler (as you know) needs to understand topology and shape, much like a sculptor. Forming a model and editing UV's so that the texture doesnt look like crap is a critical part of the whole 3D process. A great texture on a horrible model isn't going to help much. Good modeling means less hair-pulling in post. Especially if you're an animator. ;-)

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Tools :  3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender v2.74

System: Pentium QuadCore i7, under Win 8, GeForce GTX 780 / 2GB GPU.