nruddock: Grabbed 'em both. Gonna go give them a good exercise. Thanks so much!

Do yourself a favor and find some time to visit Sixus1 Media's store:
http://www.poserproducts.com
Everything Les Garner models up is just a little bit out of the ordinary - ok, sometimes a LOT out of the ordinary. And he and Rebekah are two of the friendliest, most helpful Poser merchants around. And there's a great associated freebie site:
http://www.poserfreebies.com
and a great forum site:
http://www. poserforums.com

One other thing to remember: the most realistic figure, textures, and lighting in the world won't save a poor pose. It doesn't take much at all to spoil the illusion - a degree or two of bend or rotate can be enough to break the spell. Awful Soul and Danie & marforno sell some particularly elegant poses for Victoria 3. I don't use him much, so I can't really recommend a pose pack for Michael 3.

Thanks, Jim. I just finished downloading, installing and loading IV and GV. I must say I'm most pleased with my purchase, based on initial impressions. After scaling, the differences between the two are subtle, but significant. And the different morphs are nice, and should emphasize the differences. IV would have made a great SP, but then blackhearted probably never would have sculpted Irina. As it is, now I have them both. Works for me.

And don't let the anorexia comments get you down - IV looks the way almost any doctor would say we should ALL look.

Thanks for the info. Interesting table. They look different enough to my eye to be worth the dual purchase. Time will tell...

Lost our broadband for the last couple of days, and too busy to check in at work. Congrats, dialyn. Hot Dog. I think I'll go with the "warm canine" approach and drag Spot out for this one.

As Shanim (Awful Soul):
"The Pose" poses collection
"Keen on Art" Poses
Dynamics Poses 2

Danie and marforno:
DM's Pose Boutique 1
DM's Pose Boutique 2
DM's Pose Boutique 3

You can't go wrong with any of these. The poses astound and the attention to detail is amazing.

This obe is going to see a LOT of use. Thanks so much.

This was fun for me. Thanks to all participants for your vision. 1. tresamie - I just really like the imagery in that droplet. 2. dialyn - the tunnel vision / looking through a hole thing makes the mood. 3. hauksdottir - so brilliantly clear that I find I have to lok away. Very nice.

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=984230

Just logging in briefly from work. A wicked storm knocked out our electricity for the past 24 hours and counting. This was a good close vote. Hats off to all the participants - this was fun. I will post the June challenge this evening if the utility company gets things done today as promised. Hopefully it's something new...

3 points - Clearvision 2 points - tresamie 1 point - chohole This challenge is my first time stopping by here, but it won't be my last. Very entertaining concept and very clever entries.

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=966754

Six Meteors Boulders or Rocks (free) from 3dtrue. Terraformers Cliff and Water from PoserPros. Some pokin' around in the material room by me.

I'm gonna have to come down on the minority side of this issue. I try to credit the source of just about everything I use in my renders. I sometimes miss an item or just can't find/remember it, but I try. Poser content isn't like a set of box end wrenches, people. Someone else made this stuff and it plays a huge role in your render. If you don't like something, you shouldn't use it. Passing other people's work off as your own is why the "purists" out there dismiss Poser art as trivia. I have a runtime full of stuff that just amazes me. If I could make it, I would. I can't, but I try to use it in my renders and add some value. If you do make something yourself, by all means take credit for it. It simply enhances the magnitude of your accomplishment. On the other hand, I don't write reviews for Poser merchandise (well, amost never). Go figure.

Speaking as a happy Mac user, Poser 6 is performing remarkably well for me. This is a very ambitious update to Poser by all accounts, and it has yet to crash on me once. No graphical glitches, no missing resource dialog boxes, nothing. The OpenGL stuff works great - perhaps easier on a Mac because there are so few driver/hardware options to cause problems.

At this point: job well done CL! Thanks.

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