Just my 2 cents' worth : It's not the 3D painting that's important - it's the UVmapping. Sure, BodyPaint and Deep Paint can do fantastic things - but so can Windows Paint, IF IT'S GOT A NICE, DISTORT-FREE MAP TO WORK ON. BP and DP can make such maps, but they tend to be useless WITHOUT the 3D painting app (the optimized maps are fragmented). A good UVmap (buy UVmapper Pro, it's a steal at the price) can be used by both you and anyone else with a painting app, any painting app. Personally, I admire BP and DP, but I wouldn't buy them until they are everyone-has-it apps. On the other hand, I'd pay handsomely for any app that made it automatic to derive a nice, flat UVmap from even the most complex object.