I must correct my misinformation from the image I posted.  While the V4 figure's thigh is not rotated significantly, **Universal Posing (which apparently is not very universal) rotated Sydney's thigh on its own!**  I checked the base figure manually posed, and her buttock does not do that when simply Bent as the attached image shows.  I apologize for my own lack of checking, but I have to pass part of the blame on to Reason Number Seven. 

I can't resist posting two more images of the lovely, shapely shoulders and arms of V4. I bear no ill will towards Sydney. I hope to images of her in similar poses.

:: og ::

click for larger image

I love e-F, but I hate Sydney. Sorry, but I want a generic female, that I can adjust the look of myself. Sydney has one face, and that's the end of it. (I tried using the Face Room on her, but I am getting the "unsupported figure" message. Is everyone getting that message, and just working around it? Or just not getting the message at all?)

From what I have seen of V4 so far, she has far more potential in the long run. I have yet to pick her up, but I will after the holidays.

I understand that some people cannot abide certain mesh problems with creasing. I don't worry about that personally. I clothe my figures all the time, so using the Cloth Room covers up any problems that might occur. 

I didn't buy Miki, or Kojii, or Terai Yuki (excuse me if any are mispelled, I'm not a fan of them so I don't pay attention.) I didn't expect to have a figure so ethnically limited in the canned content. I'd like my ethnicity in my base figures as generic as possible. (I lean more toward caucasian personas anyway, so figures like V.x, Jessi, Judy work best for me.)

I don't like the FBMs on Sydney either. You can make her fat or skinny. Not much else. Her abs get zero definition no matter what you turn the dials to. Her breasts seem like they are well done, but I haven't played enough with them to know for sure.

The hair that comes with her with her was a big disappointment too. I like my women to generally have at least shoulder length hair. I've manged to manipulate the hair for Sydney to get it to the shoulders, but it doesn't look great. Kozaburo's Jessi hair blew away the Sydney offerings.

Overall, without having used V4 yet, here is how I would rank my Poser women right now:
V4
V3
Judy
Jessi
Sydney

That may sound harsh, but it's just how I feel at this point. The only one who is subject to debate for me right now is V4, and only because I have yet to see her in action. In that order is how I figure the amount of manipulation to get differing "looks" is possible. I figure I'm not too far off though, at least in terms of potential. The Daz renders of V4 are significantly different, so it tells me that the potential is there, if one is patient enough to do it.

Sorry e-F. I have nothing but love for you and your products, but Sydney was a bit of a letdown. Not enough to ruin the incredible product that is Poser 7 though!

P.S. The new morph tool is AMAZING. You can do some serious manipulation with. Unfortunately, it makes Sydney turn ugly IMO. Her base look is fairly attractive, so that's a big disappointment to me. I had hoped that at least that tool would make a difference in changing her look, but as hard as I tried, it kept making her eyes bug out when I manipulated her cheeks, and when you play with her jaw, OMG! It's like Night of the Living dead.