Feel free to give helpful hints on the model. I'm not a balloner and I'm working from a picture of one in a Boys Life mag. so let me know what details are missing. The scenes are just for effect. I know they suck. Thanks in advance.

You have a great start... I would make the Balloons much larger though and perhaps thin out the basket a bit. I like the texture on the basket, it just looks a bit thick.

Good modeling, try to make the ballons more larger and less spherical, and try to put more bump and noise to the ballons the texture its too "soft", the rest of the scene are good, I would like see the scene when you apply this changes. (thanks for your comment in my pic)

Also, a lighting comment: I think the bottom of your balloon canopy is way too dark. In exterior scenes, there's usually a lot of reflected light, which would fill those dark areas. You'd never see that much contrast between dark and light areas.

Excellent modeling I couldnt even come close in max yet I think that you need to add sand bags and isnt there supposed to be lines going up the balloon to the top I dont know not a ballooner myself great job

Nice baloons. Make the flames more violent into the baloons. Make the baskets bigger and add more people with camera's and binoculars etc...I've seen people on TV bungy jumping from them, or is that going a little off on a tangent. Good stuff!

Thanks for the comments everyone. I haven't decided on a scene for the model yet but I'll take all the comments and try to finish the model.

nice work.