Dont know if anyone is much interested in this stuff, but.. I think I've finally got it down, this hip bend thing.  Been fighting the tendency of meshes with Poser rigging to give that bubble butt effect when the hip or legs are bent. And the cheeks dont spread.

So after three years now, of working with this rigging stuff, and mesh building, I think I'm as close as I'm going to get with just straight rigging. No JCM's or morphs.  The hardest dang thing was getting it to deform right, flat on top and not a huge crack up the back. You can still see a problem on the side of the hip-butt near the bottom left, but I think this is close to how the human body should bend.
I think with Poser 8 I may, using the extra falloff zones, be able to get away with no JCM's at all.

I rigged his ears, eyelids and mouth too, individual toe rigging. Well, pretty pleased with it so thought I'd share.

The Mesh has made a big difference in getting the body to deform properly.

Cheers,
Mike.

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A HOMELAND FOR POSER FINALLY