Honestly, if it was a choice between Maya and Lightwave, I'd pick Lightwave. I've never used either, but I have very great respect for Lightwave. ROUGHNECKS: STARSHIP TROOPERS CHRONICLES was done in Lightwave even before FINAL FANTASY came out, and it still has some of the best CG work I've ever seen in it.

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