Than go with Houdini Indie. There is a plenty of Non-Destructive stuff in it that you can latter destruct with a help of its dynamic engine. 200$ a year.
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I really like non-destructive "modifier" based approach of Max and Blender. Not so complex and confusing as Houdini , still in many cases you could redo things in a few clicks. Rail clone plugin makes Max almost similar to Houdini. Modo seems totally destructive from my very limited experience. Once you did something it's…
There's also LookDevX in beta, currently connected with Maya. Lucas Film said they're planning on releasing their MaterialX editor as open source. Houdini has MaterialX support.