Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=887298

Modelers really need to "fit" with the way you think, or you end up working very hard to do fairly simple tasks. I've never given Silo a fair try, but many people love it. It looks like Silo 2 will be a great product!  My first real success for modeling was with C4D. C4D was very easy for me to learn, it really fit with the way I think. I just couldn't afford the upgrades, and it's getting more expensive now :-(

I like Hex, it was easy to learn, and plays well with Poser. Hex is missing some of the things I liked in C4D,  but when I run into something I can't do in Hex, I'll use my aging C4D. There are some great tuts in the Hex forum at DAZ, they may work for Silo too.

Modeling clothing for Poser in Carrara is quite difficult, though it can be used very efectively for props. The modeler keeps improving too, but if your primary focus is poser clothing, I'd look somewhere else. The only way to do symmetrical modeling in Carrara is with Project Gemini from Digital Carvers Guild.

Typically though, unless you can afford something it the $800 plus range, you will need to have at least a couple of tools in your tool box. Learn one tool very well, then when you know it's weaknesses, look for a second companion tool that will make your life easier. Silo 2 could be the killer modeling app for those of us on a budget. I'd definitely recommend giving it a real chance. If it doesn't seem to work for you, then give Hex a try. It may work better for you.

If you can find a free copy of C4D 6SE (came free on one of the 3D magazines), give it a try too. The first link is to an image I did quite a while ago that used content made in C4D, CS3/CS4Pro (there is a reworked/improved version of the image in the Carrara 5 Handbook). The Bikini top in the link below was my first project with Hex. The image above was my first real model with C4D 6XL, something I could have never done in the time alloted with anything else (because it clicked with the way I think).

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1017046

Good luck, and don't give up!  It takes some time, but once things start to click, you'll really enjoy being able to make your own models!

__________________________________________________________

My Rendo Gallery ........ My DAZ3D Gallery ........... My DA Gallery ......