Quote - basically what carodan said sums it up. there are some smaller issues he didnt mention, but it all boils down to the fact that the base poser figures are a little rough around the edges and harder to work with from a vendor standpoint. i do disagree on one thing: the base body/head shape is totally irrelevent (except for the initial impression it leaves on a user) - and not something people should worry too much about. the issues i am speaking about are mesh/UV related. but for the past few months ive been pestering SM to make top notch base figures a priority and they are listening. but its not going to happen overnight. the base figures are just a part of the poser software development and therefore they cant exactly go and release a new SR every time a potential issue with them is found. keep in mind also that fixing some of the issues with them would invalidate all existing alyson content - since remapping, regrouping, changing a single vert, etc would nuke all morphs/textures/etc (~90% of addon content). i do believe there is hope for the base figures, however, since the people at SM do listen and are a very friendly and down to earth and open to ideas/feedback. the latest advancements in weight mapping and SSS also open up a world of new possibilities. i still intend to work with vicky but it really is in the poser community's best interest for there to be several viable base figures. this forces all figure creators to innovate and push boundaries rather than simply sit back on their laurels. alyson is a little rough around the edges but i do believe she is worth working with.

I appreciate the critique of Poser's base figures. And frankly, I agree. It has never been my intention to become a Poser Base figure evangelist. I just simply think people are putting the Alyson Base figure down simply because they do not like the appearance of the Alyson's default shape. I happen to like her and with a little bit of experimentation, which is what I thought the Poser community was all about, I think great things can be done with Alyson. As for vendor participation, frankly, I never cared if the vendors supported her. I didn't really think they would anyway, especially before Genesis, and that like Genesis, Alyson only works in one program.