sigh  there are many reasons i should use the morph tool.  unfortunately, i never did buy Poser 7.  the morph tool was a great reason to do so, but even now it seems like a better idea to save my money for Vue (i swear, i will get it for myself one day).

for now, i'll have to make do with Blender's sculpt tool.  not nearly as simple of a workflow, but at least it can make FBMs.