Nice thread ThrommArcadia - and hmm, now that I think about it, I'd like to know how you came about that name :)

David, that's a great likeness, just need to a different pair of glasses I think, though I can't see yours as clearly, and definitely postwork that beard to make it thicker.  One of the first things I did was to Poserize myself on good ol' Posette!

Speaking of Carrara, I'd like to get the basic version to try it out as an alternative to rendering in Poser.   I'm mostly interested in what it offers in terms of lighting and the speed of the rendering engine.   I don't want to wait 6-8 hours for a 700x700 image.   I really like what populus does with lighting in Carrara.

www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/browse.php?username=populus   (nudity)

I got Bryce 6 and Vue Easel 6 but don't use either very much.