Forgive me because I'm completely novice and new but that looks like a huge frustration - especially having to get into making illustrations to demonstrate the problem.

With freeware programs like Sculptris and CB Model where everything can be easily molded and glued together are primitive-based modeling programs still practical?

I have a few freeware primitive based programs but hang onto them as more of a 'fun challenge' to learn. Starting off, I'm learning with the above-mentioned clay-style programs because it seems so much more quicker.

But once again, I'm pretty new, what advantages are there in toughing it out with the more complicated to use programs?