Since this is a P&P I want to introduce Bullestorm "Office_Chair_01"
(Its too early to start a BS art dump here since game isn't released yet), but here is a little preview:

and a shoot in game:

Here is a link to our BLOGpost about creating this simple asset with some more shoots:
http://www.peoplecanfly.com/blog/2011/02/small-details--loads-of-fun/
(it isn't to technical as you see, but I tried to write outside industry friendly article

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hope you enjoy

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You could even mount a CPU rack on the back of the chair to make it sell the illusion better!
I love the leather. could you please post the texture maps? I want a closer look.
i LOLed ^^
Also... we should thank Hatred for chair-ing!
ZING!
Modo... mainly we use maya 7.0 (sic! since 2005) and I was testing it at the end of project
and here is a Diff in a slightly bigger rez: