SIlo is used by ElorOnceDark of late, as well -- and is very similar in method to wings, but the interface is much handier for some. I like it -- very much worth the asking price -- but I'm sorta hangin with wings :) Silo is a hybrid -- is can do both subdivision and patch modelling, and is closer to Lightwave in that regard.

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)