Looks like most people slowly evolve and Bryce hasn't evolved with us, I use 3ds Max, but I've also been playing with some GPL  apps, k3d (which is due a new UI soon - once it comes it'll rock) and Blender (haven't played with it enough yet to make comment). I'm also considering Carrara 5 pro - the demo looks good

Why look at other apps when I have 3ds Max - plain and simply I use 3.1 supplied by work - they don't want to upgrade and I can't afford to, £2000 is a bit too much for me to spare at the moment :).

Have to agree about this forum being one of the best, although the 3d Modelling forum here is picking up.

Drac we'll miss you, come back regularly :)

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