Sure Wolf, it is MAX and uses SubD and SSS.

Sure the figure was build with SubD in mind, but shows exellent Poly placement and distrubution. 
That is why one gets such a result with a base mesh of only 6300 Poly's.
Every Poly has its function, and is doing something in 3D space.

Now this mesh, and Poser9 - PP2012 Smoothing options, oh ! oh!

My main points being;

• Quality in modeling.
• Poly management.
• Texture work.

 

Greetings

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