back when i had bryce 2 and poser 1, i used to try my hardest to make crappy little booleaned critters....and they were bad. then, i found animator but wasn't too good with it. when i got poser 4, i found actual content for programs, free stuff, etc. but, i still loved to make my own stuff....it was what i was used to, and, my stuff could be one of a kind. even my first 3 posts here have ran ran with my own eye morphs and little untextured shirt, and michael1 with my own textures and a morphed p4 hair do. i like making my own stuff. i am in no hurry to make pictures, but, i feel like a goddess when i make "stuff". Frankly, I think that if the truth were known.....the average "Purist" is simply someone that can't afford to be more than that. ....i think this statement is a bit off base. i have spent a good deal of money on modelling apps...and though it may not be as much as others have spent in the market for various and sundry items, you will find that many others would rather buy the app, and invest the time to learn it than invest over and over and over in what the "latest" market trends are. i'm not trendy....likely never will be....but, i am unique. i find modelling and texturing to be fun. i like doing both of those things a whole lot better than i like posing, and lighting in poser. it takes me as long to drag vicki around in a scene than it takes me to make a little lightwave critter. maybe, we all just have different talents, strengths and weaknesses.