in strideri's case it conformed, like a cloth.  I dunno if he later developed it to weld.  it had its own body parts, its own JPs et al., but of course it was a non-standard poser figure hierarchy.  it had
13 sections, but there was limited poser smoothing in those days (2003).  I also never found out
if he released it for sale.  I can't post an image, but it was 3434 polygons.  welding it onto hip1 or
hip2 would be better for close-ups, and in theory it could have its own morphs for use under trousers,
in case they wanted to drape cloths over it.