Good for u man!! I made tons of pictures with imported models and objects, but then a fried of mine said to me, when I asked him what he thought of my work, that the pictures were good but all I was doing really was coloring pictures. I thought about this and he was right, so now I make all my own models, no matter how long it takes. If u look through here, you'll see the model I made. This took an entire day of hard work, but the best part about it is now that its done, its not really done, I am making modifications to make it look better. So congrats to u and good luck. BTW, I find I make the models in sections and save each section in the User objects section on bryce, then bring it all together when the parts are ready, and I don't add textures until the end.