Whew!  I just voted in your poll, of those listed, I selected Vue 5 Esprit.  However I use Carrara 5 Pro (not listed) as my main source for creating buildings space craft, houses, furniture etc.  People, well I need Poser 5 using DAZ figures and Rendo's vast variety of free face and body morphs created by talented people using Z brush.  Finally I use Vue 5 Esprit for importing Carrara and Poser because I like the water, foliage, sky, clouds, and lighting system.  Then I use PaintShop Pro ver 7 for touch ups and after thought objects.

Basically, I like to make, as much as possible, stuff  myself.

As much as possible means inorganic stuff,  animals, people, and anything organic above the blob stage is above my level.  Jan