What's wrong with using UltraHal or trying your luck with some of the Haptek creations? I think Duskrider used to be pretty with a command set to get them to do different things, poses, etc.
Haptek is reportedly working on revamping its rather dated avatar creation software, more geared toward Windows 7 & 8 and 64bit systems as I'm told. There are a LOT of character Heads from which to choose and several of the full body characters as well. Personally, the character movements are ok on my Win 7 if I only activate the .htr or haptar file by itself. If I use Zabaware's GUI, the interactivity is somewhat slow and sluggish - slight delays before actions are performed. Hopefully, Haptek will address these issues in their upgrade.
If you have an XP box, UltraHal and Haptek should perform pretty fluidly together.
A former active member here, Rich Amico has created a Halwindows / Alactive program that allows one to manipulate a fullbody Haptek character in a number of different poses, backgrounds, music, effects, etc. His program is Free if you are interested.
There is also a site called Mixamo at:http://www.mixamo.com/