@ Winterclaw.
Whenever the words "company"  or "money" get involved, you might as well stop there.
Money and company are the best ways to destroy :
*** "Passion for quality". and replace it with "Least amount of work for the most income."***

 

A good figure you ask??

The first key word should be : "Passion" from an individual.

The second key words should be : "End User Friendly".

• fully welded
• fully symmetrical
• as few groups as practically-possible
• as few material zones as practically-possible. Why was, and IS Posette still so popular???? She is single map. Does that not ring a bell?
  Poser supports 8192x8192 maps. There is plenty of room to put everything on a single map.
  But everbody seems to have forgotten how "end user friendly" single map actually is.

Poly count? Reasonable and justified by muscle definition.

• Polygon flow and polygon distribution is far more important then brute poly count.
• Polygon count HAS to be justified by muscle and body topology.

 

Looks?
Please let is be human and pleasing to the eye at first sight and at first render.
If the end user has to work an hr to get something close to the promo pictures? => F O R G E T   I T .

If a new figure does not make the end user smile at first sight-opening? => F O R G E T   I T .

 

You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Never-Ever-

 

Morphs, facial and body HAVE to be included.

The money?
Build a good figure, the money will come automatically from the support files; Hair, clothes, shoes.

Ask money for the morphs??? Some people will buy them, most won't.

Some end users will go to Hex, Blender Zbrush, and make their own.

=> These potential customers are lost, and can not buy your clothing any more.

It will not fit their custom characters any more anyway.

Poser 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, P8 and PPro2010, P9 and PP2012, P10 and PP2014 Game Dev
"Do not drive faster then your angel can fly"!