Quote -  * ...* Are there any more expensive Poser-like apps out there? I'm familiar with other 3d apps like 3ds Max and Softimage XSI, but can you get reasonably priced fully rigged base figures like you get with Poser?

My experience is that with most of the "big ones" you have to roll your own with respect to rigging. There's a lot of content out there for sale and some for free, especially for 3D Studio Max, but a lot of it is just models that need to be rigged. On the other hand, rigging in some of the really expensive apps is a whole lot easier. A lot of the content is more expensive, too, possibly because of the mind set (I paid $3,000 for 3DS, I can charge $150 for my animateable alien-in-a-spacesuit model). I don't go to a lot of places that specialize in Maya and 3DS Max models, though, because there's no useful importers for their products for the apps I use, so there may be a lot more content out there than I'm aware of.

Turbo Squid is a good site to check out for content. They have all kinds of 3D stuff brokered for all kinds of artists, both for sale and for free. You can get a good feel for what kind of content is out there for different products there. It's also a good place to get free props for Poser; I use it quite a bit.

Captain Jack