Well I'm sort of breaking my own word here but here goes...

One of the reasons I like Dawn and hope to see her and her "relatives" workout is this. It took DAZ literally YEARS and numerous steps the reach V FOUR. Yes at the moment Dawn is about the same tech as V4 but I hope she will be the jumpoff that will lead to improved figures as time goes on. It's obvious that DAZ will not be making any inovations to thier figures to stretch Posers limits (I don;t blame them for this mind you, they have thier own software to support), Smith Micro just doesn;t have enough people on the payroll to experiment and develope figures (I BELIEVE that they have 2, one modeler and one rigger... I may be wrong... and these two work on any number of non-poser related projects as well). Lastly and sadly, I don;t see the community being as involved in inovations as they used to be. 

As stated most of the inovations in poser came from community members not the commercial sector, but a lot (NOT all!) of that innovative energy has gone and people seem to want someone else to do the experimenting and deliever a point and click answer. This won;t happen people! For the reasons above the BIG 2 are out. As far as the merchant base here and at the other sites... they are in this to make money and money (for individuals) isn;t made but experimenting and playing on the fringe, it is made by creating what already sells.

If people want to see figures that use Poser;s full potential it MUST come out of the user base. THis means that if nothing else we need to support those offering inovative attempts, even if they are flawed, and offer CREATIVE comments and criticism not slams and rants! We also need to be willing to PAY for some of these inovations even if they are only baby steps, to encourage the inovators to keep working.

Truthfully I don;t see this happening. What I see is the talent slowly being syphoned of to other areas ( the Antonia team for example) I have yet to see anyone excited about Angela2, Cindy the centaur etc. from Ali at Mankahoo, or the new Centaur at RDNA, all of which I have tried and found more than usefull if not perfect (Mostly in the cosmetic areas and that I can FIX).

These are, naturally, my personal opimions, if anyone is offended by this or wishes to let me know of other examples I'm not aware of, please let me know in site mail, not in this thread.

EDITED TO SAY:

I forgot to say thank you for the kind words on my models!