Okay... jumping in here after reading this thread and seeing many pictures of Jesse.

-------------- About Jesse The Figure Mesh --------------
I like Jesse's face! She's intense looking. She demands attention. Jesse is a defined character from the start as opposed to an averaged figure like V3, (the only figure who's shape is somewhat similar to Jesse is AnimeDoll/MayaDoll imho). Jesse's a major leap forward for a default Poser Figure. She has wonderful detail in the neck, shoulder, collar, hip, back, and upper thighs (but I don't like the ribcage sticking out). She would never be mistaken for another female Poser figure. She's not generic. This is all plus.

The downside to her mesh is her out-of-proportion body shape in regard to the hands, feet, knees, and arms. But that should be simple to fix by either CL or a talented Poser expert, right?

-------------- About Jesse's Pose-ablity --------------
Here's where bad things happen to an otherwise good thing. Jesse poses no better than Posette cira 1999. She's like rubbery like Gumby in her joint. This is where V2, V3, SP, Steph, Aiko, Laura, and Maddie got her licked, they pose better, but even they don't pose that great for my tastes. Perhaps someday there will be a MAJOR breakthourgh in improving JPs and poses. Maybe if we shout about it enough, that day will come sooner than later.

-------------- About Jesse's UV Maps --------------
First I love having more detail in the neck than a Mill 3 figure. The resoultion quailty between the head and neck is a MAJOR problem in my book. So this is a plus for Jesse. The downside is there proably will be very few textures made for her because her UVs are so different.

And I want to make one more comment about compairing V3 to Jesse...

Curious Labs makes software, (you know a cool program called Poser).
Daz3D makes models that go into Poser.

So I think it's a bit unfair to compare a company that specializes in human figures with a company that makes software. Considering that, I think it's damnned impressive that Curious Labs was able to make Poser Female as good as Jesse is. I expect Daz figures to be better, afterall I pay extra for them. Jesse comes with the program. I think newbies who start with poser 6 will be really happy to have a female figure who's as good as Jesse out of the box. --- Just a thought.

p.s. Can the Poser Gods fix Jesse to take V3 textures or re-slice her so she poses like a Mill 3 figure? I assume DAZ is protecting their copyright on JP and rigging, but still it would be cool to re-rig Jesse.

p.s.s. I know very little about Judy's body. She's the best female body? Can someone do a side by side comparison of all the Poser Females and a test pose for them all too? I'd to take the best parts of each figure and then slice and dice them into creating the best figure overall.

bB

Message edited on: 04/06/2005 20:26