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Actually, I think I've solved my own particular modeling problems, with the help of 3DStudio Special Effects, Skin and IK. I took the long (for us Nevadans) 3 day weekend and dedicated myself to learning how to use Skin, along with some modeling techniques recommended in the book. The results, along with using IK, were truly amazing! I feel so sorry I didn't realize the power of Skin before, but with IK it seems like there's nothing we can't do, now. I made a Stegosaurous (or whatever the new word for this beast is nowadays) and while it did take me the better part of the weekend, I'm confident I can recreate it or any other dinosaur in about an hour. It really looks good, but (even better) it moves good. IK is just about the greatest thing to come along since… well, since Skin I guess. So I'm happy again, and won't be looking for other modeling tools. It takes a good article like that in the Special Effects book to get some of us to really start thinking. Now if I can just figure out the mapping in Skin…