thanx guys u told me just what i wanted to hear and more. i have uv mapper pro. i have done a  lot of rigging mostly with monster characters. i was thinking about working with hexagon and maybe wings 3d just as you suggested and then setting the groups back up with uv mapper pro. i wasn't even talking about modeling original models (though i do this a lot with my robots and monsters.) but that would be great. i was actually though worried about using unoriginal 3d content (from other artists or directly from software)  to make original 2d content for contests that require that u only use original content to make your art. unorginal textures and brushes are acceptable for these contests but i worry about using 3d content that i have merely morphed to the point that it is unrecognizable as a poser figure. an example would be the deviant arts laura croft contest going on right now. i know daz has its new figures that you are supposed to make yourself but i have been away from daz since daz 4 came along.  still it is my understanding that genesis figures that u create yourself with daz and want to use in games require that you pay daz a certian amount of money for each game (not each game that is sold but a whole game) that the character is used in. this price is minimal i understand like five dollars (which may seem more than fair to pay five dollars for a character that may premiere in a game that grosses millions of dollars) but it is bothersome that the figures aren't your own property. perhaps i am being too cautious with the use of morphed poser charactrers in 2d work. much of my 2d work is actually freehand. if i do a freehand picture of a jesse model is this unacceptable in 2d contests because i didn.t draw from life or an original photograph? this could be a problem that the whole 3d community might want to address. is a 2d artwork created by inspired 3d art created by the 2d artist less original than a person who copies a photograph? 

Computer Art by Charles McChesney