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> But then, as you know, most of my renders are pretty trivial. For example, 
> the image attached to the first post in this thread. I have no idea how 
> the hell it's possible to model something that complicated. Surely 
> something like that must take many months of modelling?

More likely a few hours. We're not in the early 90s anymore. Modelling apps 
have come a long way.
Now have a look at the images below for some state-of-the-art rendering.
http://thirdseventh.cgsociety.org/gallery/573528/
Note that this is done with VRay, which is not an unbiased renderer, but a 
"traditional" raytracer with GI and *** lots *** of improvements. 
http://www.cgarchitect.com/news/Reviews/Review007_1.asp

G.

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