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Buzz is coming along nicely there Stroker 

Alistair thing with Maya even though it is pretty good,is that you dont find very easily that every,yes "every" service upgrade,ie version 4.5 to say 4.5.1 has to be paid for,they are not free,so all that is on top of your initial 2 grand.I believe there are a few of those each year as well.

Electric image is a pretty good app with a good following.The thing is dont get dragged into an apps hype and end up spending to much money.For instance Maya as great as it is,is very time consuming and difficult to learn.Also Maya is not king of the block as there is also Softimage which I would buy myself over Maya if I was in that sort of cash zone that is.There is also a not very well known publicized app called Mirai which has what a number of pros call the best modeller,so dont be dragged into Mayas hype.

Max is a very good program,as is Lightwave.C4D is catching slowly and at the moment does not have a lot of the modelling tools that LW and Max etc have.Max is more expensive then LW and C4D,but a number of people tell me they find LW gui quite confusing,but most of all work out how much cash you can spend then get some demos,even if you have to do an overnight download on your modem it will save you some hassle.When you have demos find the one you like,doesnt matter what it is if you like it go for it if you can afford it.Thats my advice.

Stu.