I have the shade 8 nightmare and I have Daz's Hexagon.  I also have 3 boxes of tissue for all the blood sweat and tears that I'll be crying during the learning process.  I heard about light wave, zbrush, and some other software that I can't remember and it looks fairly straight forward but I won't buy that until I get a better computer and save some money for purchasing the software.  Until then shade 8 and Hexagon will have to do. 

I know this is going to be one of those things I'll just have to sit down patiently and learn bit by bit instead of trying to blast through it all.

Frederick
Poser By Design