Quote - IMO, better to find the right balance between perfect bending and clothing makers not supporting Antonia due to complexity.  This seems to be the direction you have gone.  I was just posting to back you up.

Thanks! That's how I understood your post, and I appreciate it. But obviously, now that I have your attention, I will have to bother you with this kind of question.

Quote - Leaving the additional JCM as an injection add-on allows you to get a final build ready, without slamming the door on improvements to bending.

I think that's a fantastic idea, actually. As followers of this thread will have noticed, I'm a big proponent of making things as modular as possible. But I have to admit I hadn't really thought of splitting the JCMs into built-ins and add-ons.

Quote - If you aren't careful, you'll someday find yourself still working on it while DAZ releases a new Victoria that includes Antonia's better features (like the hip configuration, IMO).  Then you'll be playing follow the leader.

I wouldn't mind that too much, actually. I started modeling my own figure because I didn't like the ones that were around at the time and didn't feel like hoping and waiting for better ones. In the meantime, DAZ managed to publish a figure (V4) with a decent mesh, so they've already caught up in that respect. If they let themselves be inspired by Antonia's rig and the more realistic shaping, I think that would be a great outcome for most people - except maybe those who have a genuine interest in being competition to DAZ.

That said, I'm getting a bit bored of JCMs and would really, really like to start playing with expressions.

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