RorrKonn: the rig is by phantom3D (with some tinkering by me) and the UVmap by MikeJ. I'm not sure about their exact job situations, but if DAZ made them a good offer, they might be available.

There are a number of factors that, in a sense, made this easier than professional development:

I've been playing with Antonia since 4 1/2 years ago. At one point I lost interest and didn't do anything for over two years. Around Christmas last year, I got really tired of the project and took a long break. You can't do that if you have a deadline.

You can't waste several weeks making the legs shaped like a real person's when you're on a budget and you know 95% of your customers won't know or care about the difference, anyway. I spent a lot of time on details like that, and it shows.

DAZ and similar companies usually develop in secrecy out of fear that someone might "steal" their ideas. Which means there's not a lot of user feedback. Antonia has been out in the open all along, and scrutinized by many eyes.

-- I'm not mad at you, just Westphalian.