Feb 15
Lightwave 9.6, 100% procedural, heavy use of the IFW2 Node Plug-in Library.
(continue reading for images of the node layouts used to create the above image)
Feb 10
Fun with Lightwave 9.6 displacement maps, procedural textures, and adaptive subdivision (rendered with radiosity and a properly-sized sun at earth-distances).
Adaptive subdivision settings: 2 pixels per polygon.