In case you missed the images I posted at the end of my query about how to post images, here's a collection of mostly succesful Curvy work I've done over the past year.
All the renders are from Carrara 5.1, a really lovely program if I do say so myself. I took the bump map and texture map out of Curvy, opened them in Photoshop and increased the resolution. I then cleaned them up, added detail and brought them, along with the mesh into Carrara for rendering.
I'm still trying to make a full figure in Curvy but either lose patience or interest...there's so much to learn! Regardless, I really enjoy Curvy a great deal and hope it continues to be supported.