'I don't particularily like Apollo's initial look'

My experience with other base figures is limited to Vic3, Michael3, and the P6 defaults. I also only came to Poser in May/June last year.
None of the above figures (except perhaps James) look too impressive to me when you first load them up.
When I first tried Vic 3 after realising that she seemed to be the most widely used female figure, my initial reaction was shock - 'how could she be regarded as superior to Jessie even?'. Michael just made me laugh!
It's the morphing capabilities and sheer volume of content IMO that make them usable.

I actually think Apollo looks great in his default state, and as you say, he's just so easy to find completely different looks for - one base figure for all your male characters. That's so impressive.
And his morphs feel so smooth to use - Vic 3 almost feels clunky when I use her now.

 

PoserPro2014(Sr4), Win7 x64, display units set to inches.

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