Well, this is a tip I have been promoting for years.

This is how I became known as the "Lo Poly Vilters". LOL.

But staying as Low in Polygon count, for as long as possible, makes life pretty easy.
In Blender, in Poser, in any 3D app.

We have bump map, normal map, and displacement map to play with.
All are "easy" when working Low Polygon.

Only upping the poly count at the very-very last stage, and only if absolutely required. 

And now that Poser has SubD, I see no reason to add those polygons any more.
Render with Smoothing ON and SubD level 1 and you get the best results possible.

The rest done by bump, normal or displacement map.
(I prefer displacement map over bump or normal on any given day, come rain or sunshine.) 

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