Just to bring you up to date.
I decided on Cinema 4D. I managed to order that along with Maxwell Render (not arrived yet), mostly based on the trial I had of the Demo, and then seeing what people had achieved in the gallery here with it. I plan to use Interposer with it (not bought yet), so we'll see what happens.

Thanks again for all the input, you guys gave me a lot of food for thought.

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