Since you said you were interested in realism, and also to illustrate my point about this being addictive, I thought I'd share this little comparison.

The good news: that's the same figure, although of course with lots of sculpting and rewiring in between.
The bad news: it took me three years to get from left to right.

Just so you know what you're signing up for. :biggrin:

(Of course conventional wisdom says to scrap your early attempts and start from scratch several times before you actually try and go the distance. It makes sense, because that's how one gains practice and experience. So don't feel tempted to imitate my craziness.)

-- I'm not mad at you, just Westphalian.