Quote - Blender may be free, but I have a very large content library that I want to be able to use easily.

This is what a lot of the other independants don't get. Unless you are going to work in the industry (as an employee), then you will be responsible for all aspects of your production.

The modelling is the slowest bit, character creation is monsterous (esp if they have to talk). Better to let someone else do the hard work for you (DAZ), and limit yourself to tweaks and editing of models that are close to what you want.

Oh and another thing - have you seen the prices of models that are not on Daz or Renderosity? Who can afford those prices as an independant?