Quote - > Quote -> Quote - (And yes, Jan, modo is the best thing that happened to 3D, IMO.  It takes a while to learn, because it is different, but different for a very good reason.  It was no small coincidence that it was used to model Dawn.)

 

You're kidding!!!  I honestly did not know that!  I discovered Modo through a tutorial pdf, decided Silo was close enough, and stuck with Silo for awhile.  But Silo isn't being upgraded, so I decided to test drive Modo 701 for 30 days.  I love it.  :-)  It is fabulous.  Great tutorials at Luxology, too!

 

So Modo was used to model Dawn, huh?  I knew the universe was pushing me in Modo's direction.  :-)  (BTW, I posted a note about an upcoming sale in the Modo forum here at Rendo, if anyone else is interested.)

 

I would try the demo before I bought a app.
Some App's will just click with you better then others.
Some App's are better at certain things.

 

Believe me, I am!  :-)  My thoughts were like yours...better try before you buy something like that, so I bought a 30 day trial license.  Nothing is disabled, as far as I can tell, so I get a good picture of how the program works.  I got the sports shoe tutorial, also, and I'm to Video 2 (out of 10).  I wanted to see if I could actually use Modo, to make something "professional."

I'm tickled pink.  (There's a screen grab of my shoe so far, in the modo forum.  Just remember, I'm only to Video 2!) :-)  There are little scripts to help make perfect circles for eyelets, scripts to make a curve from an edge...and easy spline patching!  Never thought I'd see that...easy spline patching.

I can see why Modo was the program of choice to model Dawn.  :-) 

I love me some Modo!  :-)