She has her following, content is slowly appearing, both commercial and free. And some commercial content has also been discounted once or twice to be more affordable. So the serious content collector, who has taken advantage of sales, should be able to do something nice with Dawn now. But no, she is not ruling by any means.

Why? Personally I find her look very distinctive. Attractive, but distinctive. She isn't a good blank canvas, in my opinion. It is not easy for the ordinary user to create a character that is not obviously Dawn using the official morphs. Dawn doesn't yet have a morph set to equal the flexibility offered by V4's Morphs++. It isn't even straightforward to just export the head to a modelling programme and make your own face morph, like it is with other figures. You have to make a whole body morph - the process is just a bit too complicated for the casual user. Because of that, I am not even tempted to get the texture converter to use V4 textures on Dawn. If I want to use a V4 character, I can just use V4 and have more flexibility in the morphs (The same applies to using V4 textures on Roxie, but that is a different matter).

However, the new African set at Hivewire opens up new possibilities and I will use Dawn more often, simply because that exists - due to my personal preference and needs. It may not make a difference to other users.

Dawn faces tough competition. V4 is still mighty, and the Genesis figures also have their following. Gearing up to really use a new figure to its full potential is expensive. Dawn is an alternative, expanding our options, nothing more.

Poser 11 Pro, Windows 10

Auxiliary Apps: Blender 2.79, Vue Complete 2016, Genetica 4 Pro, Gliftex 11 Pro, CorelDraw Suite X6, Comic Life 2, Project Dogwaffle Howler 8, Stitch Witch