http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2708192&page=1 Check that link. I'm working on just such a figure for M3, called Reslo. When Reslo is done, I'm going to see how well I can alter the base mesh to stand in for the other Series 3 Charaters. I can tell you that Reslo is great for animation. Even on my 1.1 Ghz Celeron with no graphic acceleration, he poses smoothly. Plus since he take Unimesh textures you can actually leave him in the scene if he's not a central figure.

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noun, plural mo·nop·o·lies.
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