Of course, this discounts how OOOOGLY the G4 characters truly are IMHO.

Mugsey, I think you really need to take a deep breath and understand that this is, and has always been, a VERY expensive hobby. As with most other things in this world, you get, pretty much, what you pay for. Free is free for a good reason. Investment in something you truly think is useful is worth the asking price.

Take it from one who's spent over $7000 on Poser related materials. People at my site ask me how I get the results I get when their's look poor by comparison. It's not that I'm a great artist... it's gigo. They use garbage and I don't.

This is not to say that all freebees are garbage. There are many quality artists like trekkiegirl who offer freebees that are well worth having, but my point is, you have to have some quality major items to start with if you want quality outcomes from your renders.

My $.02