Quote - ...Do I understand correctly that there's a certain amount of grassrooty "keep it free" thinking going on here?  Of course, people are going to make items and stuff for sale at some point, but the support won't come unless everyone's using her, and everyone won't unless there's incentive to jump over from their existing Daz behemoth...

I think odf knows that the above will probably go both ways when/if she takes off (I predict "when" ;o)). There will be some of us who will try to keep everything free at the very least until she's popular, because Vicky - let's face it - is stiff competition, even if she's not as nice as Antonia IMVHO. I think that what Antonia fans would really like to see is loads of support, whether free or for sale because a figure that doesn't have that sinks quickly in the Poserverse. That is the only area where Vicky shines as far as I'm concerned - support. And even Vicky can be moderately clothed with nothing but free items if you know where to look ;o).

Actually, I think it would be a smart move to not release the alpha version until she's got a fair amount of support already. If folks see she's got everything necessary to render her right off the bat, then they may adopt her more quickly than if she were just one naked figure (although I'm sure that would have it's fans...lol). I'm talking clothes, hair, textures, poses, morphs, etc. There are a lot of people working on her currently and I'm sure she'll have a fair amount of that when she's ready for prime time ;o).

Laurie