Hi All,

This thread is potentially a godsend for me being an utter newbie and feeling overwhelmed by the help that is available in forums, youtube and about a million other places on the web! There's nothing like asking some experts though - once I learn something I figure I'll know it forever :)

So...

I'm planning to use Poser to make some wrestling stories for Deviant Art collections. So far, I've bought and installed Poser 11, purchased DAZ Victoria 4.2 Pro (with the ++ morphs) and also have a lot of experience working in 2D with Photoshop.

Usingh the basic tutorials and a bit of common sense, I have started designing some characters in Poser (facial details, body shape etc.)

I'm now at the stage where I want to dress my characters with hair and simple fighting costumes and this is where I'm getting stuck...

I have a basic hair model from Renderosity and have learned how to scale it and attach it to a character's head. Clothing is tricky though...

Any V4 clothes that I try to attach rarely fit the character that I've made - arm and torso muscle that is morphed from the basic V4 poke through the clothing (even if I put the clothing on and morph the muscle later, it will break through the cloth). Similarly, when I pose the figure, the clothing doesn't move with it.

I realise that you're probably laughing now as I'm making a schoolboy error and have no understanding of how this thing works. Even if someone could point me to the right tutorial I'd appreciate it.

I also considered that I could just 'paint' the costumes on my characters - they are wrestlers after all so the clothing will be quite a snuig fit, however, this seems like a compromise as I also want to work with gloves, belts, boots and other props that can't simply be painted onto flesh.

I have a million other questions I need to answer before I get going with my fights (I've story-boarded hundreds of scenes and shots already) but the more I can figure out for myself - with the odd helpful push from you guys - is the best way to go I think.

Any helpers?

Thanks :)