Bryster, well, the bands would be a piece of cake in Bryce. the base, I'm not certain. An octagonal shape? Or that swept part of the base? Yeah, the terrain editor would be useful for that, but I could never get the cleanness of the shape and now I've started modelling in Rhino, it's much easier for me to build it in Rhino than slog through Bryce. I haven't discarded the modelling in Bryce though. Some things are much easier. For instance, the windows and the doors on the buildings opposite the foreground in Garden are all done as terrains/lattices in Bryce. As well as the building that can be seen in the window reflection. GG, as far as I know, this is some kind of sundial. The thicker band you adjust with the little screw below it, to point at your latitude. Then, the wide band has some kind of hour numerals on the inside and the constellations on the outside. So, you get a sundial that shows both the time and the constellation Earth is currently in, ie the month. So, a fancy sundial. Corrections welcome.

-- erlik