I can't help much with LoD, or modelling with SubD specifically for Studio, but I have gone the other way and used the subD dragon in C4D through a hypernurbs, and it works wonderfully, see the image in my gallery. So I suspect the low poly cage -or a lower subdivision of it- should work fine as a subD figure.  You should be able to use the same rigging for both subD and full res, although of course the morphs will need to be re-created in the cr2. Talking of which, I really should upload the full Dragon Flock image :)

Anyway, no problem. I do have something on the pipeline at DAZ that I've worked on with Trav that is high poly, and has quite a complex shader, so I know sometimes you HAVE to have the polys for things to look right.

As for this outfit, thank you for the offer. I don't think I'll be finished with my "to do" pile before you are ready to release this, so I don't think I'll be able to do extra textures, but it looks like an item I will definitely be buying once it's released :)

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