I am posting a render to see if this may be something like you are talking about.

I managed to replicate this effect in Vue Infinite using their custom advanced materials controls, along with creating some functions and filters. The basic spheres are there with a simple material mapped to them normally so you can have a reference. As you can tell, the objects and mats are clearly seen through the figure to a varying degree. On top, I noted where I set the functions to control where to stop the invisibility function on the end of the arms.

Mainly, I work a LOT with the high-end 3D software packages like Vue and C4D, using Poser Pro for setup of the characters only and then importing them into the other software. I do not know if this is possible or how complicated it would be to do in Poser alone as I do not use it that much for many reasons. One reason is when importing into these other programs there is usually no way to transfer the custom nodes or settings you have done as they typically only import the mats and shaders. The other reason is you have MUCH more control over things that simply can not be done in Poser alone. This is why you must decide if you want to do serious art work what programs to learn for the proper workflow.

Now, for this effect in Vue, I can also vary to degree of transparency and translucency as desired. Keep in mind though there is no way to keep a lot of detail the stronger you want the effect to be. When you see this done in movies, you are dealing with professional studios that have many people working on the FX and using software that generates special effects that are custom made. Having said that, I can get this effect working in C4D, but only to the level at which the program is capable.

I would suggest if this is something like you really want to consider learning on of those programs. The other choice is to simply convey what the effect is like in comic books and such by learning photoshop to do brush art on the rendered image. I would also recommend a graphics tablet if you do.

Hope things work out, good luck.

Jeff

Development on: Mac Pro 2008, Duel-Boot OS - Snow Leopard 10.6.6 & Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon , 10GB 800 MHz DDR2 RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT.