Lol i'm not usually one to join on board with the love it train immediately but seriously, it's awesome...wish i could say something bad, mess up and post again ;)
Congratulations, you've earned it! Wow, there are some seriously great work done. Stunning stuff! Also I think that this competition has been really well executed. Congratulations!
One thing that hugely helped me was modeling with my wacom tablet. Seriously. It feels weird at first but after awhile it feels totally natural and it's mostly pain free.
This is some seriously inspiring texturing, every material is so interesting to look at. Just out of interest, do you draw/paint/practice traditional art alongside 3D?
" Sonys rootkits method worked out real well for them didn't it? ;) Seriously though that kind of thing would open them up for major PR and legal backlash.
Either the Q3A pack includes an md3 importer or you're screwed. But seriously, GMAX sucks, it's based on an ancient version of MAX. If you can get anything else, do that.
This is what bothered me more then him buying or stealing the model or whatever .. i was pissed that he was raping the look of this model so hard.. seriously i shed tears.