Could somebody explain the basic differences between Daz's Michael & David, and between Victoria & Stephanie? Couldn't one just morph Victoria into a figure just like Stephanie, or are there other considerations? Thanks--T

That's more or less what DAZ did. They made a new version of the Victoria 2* (yep, Victoria 2) mesh and made Victoria 3. Then, they fannied around with it to make Michael 2. Then they made Stephanie Petite and David from the same mesh. The joints and mapping of each version are slightly different. David and Stephanie Petite seem to bend better. There are also The Freak, She-Freak and Aiko 3, which are all based on the same mesh. You can't use the morphs for one figure directly on another, with a few exceptions. V3 will happily take S3 morphs, by and large but S3 cries - and ends up with concave tits - when you apply V3 morphs. *Controversial and debatable. Some sources say V3 is a new mesh, others say it's largely derived from an optimised and subdivided Victoria 1/2 mesh. I tend to believe it's the latter.

There's a product here on the RMP called the UMT (Universal Morph Transfer). It's a godsend because you can use morphs for any of the unimesh figures on any of the other figures. M3 and V3 end up looking awesome with David's muscle morphs... Also, from a more practical point of view, David poses better and morphs better than M3 does, especially when you start adding muscles (M3 has horrible shoulders). M3 on the other hand has about four times the clothing (especially sci-fi clothing which David is sorely lacking). S3 is far less versatile than V3. I've made V3 look like several different people I know and have also been able to duplicate their body shapes pretty accurately as well. S3 simply can't do that because she starts off with a very weird body shape that does even weirder things when you start moprhing it.

Correction to my post above - I meant Michael 3 was derived fron Victoria 3. Michael 2 is a completely different model and was used to make the original Stephanie. Confused? Me too.

Whew! Thanks--sounds like Frankenstein there at Daz. This actually clears things up quite a bit. I think I'm going to err on the side of versatility and stick with M3 and V3 for now. Thanks--T