Ah, now I remember what Viz is. Havn't used it though.
I used to work in 3dsmax, but have "switched" to maya now (still do some things in max, it's convenient when you know your way around the program to get a quick render sometimes). Maya has a much better feel to it, an the GUI kicks max ass anytime.
Still have to get the hang of the hypershader and texturing in maya though. Can't really texture anything at the moment.

And I ofcourse understood that the later posts were older images of your model. it's looking really good now if I may. Just something with the eye/eyelids that look a bit odd to me, can't really point it out..

- S