I'd say it was 1999, just a few weeks before the change over from PFO to Renderosity. I was called Dreamspinner then and was messing around with Poser 3 and Bryce 4.

"A lonely climber walks a tightrope to where dreams are born and never die!" - Billy Thorpe, song: Edge of Madness, album: East of Eden's Gate

Weapons of choice:

Poser Pro 2012, SR2, Paintshop Pro 8