Rudy, to me you're one of those folks who proves the old argument of it's not what you use, it's the artists talent, I'm pretty sure that with microsoft paint you could create great images, but better software lets you do it quicker :) As to the tuts, fantastic link, I still have trouble getting materials to do what I want in C4D, IMHO the bryce mat editor is more intuitive then C4D, although the Max one is better then both :)

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Toolset: Blender, GIMP, Indigo Render, LuxRender, TopMod, Knotplot, Ivy Gen, Plant Studio.