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Tim, gosh, did I hit a raw nerve? You seem to have become very defensive. I was hoping we could have an interesting discourse about modelling. Oh well…. my point was to try and encourage people to strive for a more custom look, at least in the games/entertainment industry. If that means taking an "off-the-shelf" mesh (like yours) and tweaking it, then that's a perfectly valid approach. FWIW, I got payed a small, one-time fee for a chapter in a book (3d Studio: Special Effects). I did a tutorial which explains how to make a human model – my intent being to encourage people to make their own with the technique and templates I supplied. I make no royalties of any kind, but would be happy to see people come up with original work from those templates. If this sounds a bit altruistic, then so be it. regards, Martin