It's all quads and I would change nothing about the method I used. All I had to do was spit polygons and soften edge. It took about 40 minutes and renders exactly the same and this is what I would have done for the final model anyways.
Added some additional details as well.
"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Isaac Newton, 1675
Last edited by ctbram; 03-01-2010 at 08:55 PM.