quote "The best way to go (and not as expensive as 3dsm) is to use an extra modeler (e.g. rhino) and a good renderer (cinema4D, lightwave, flamingo as a rhinoplugin)" If you have Lightwave then there is no need to use Rhino because Lightwave already has one of the best modeling engines around. A few people do use Rhino for modeling and Lightwave for rendering but that's just because they already knew how to use Rhino and didnt take the time to learn Lightwave's modeler.