Well- I have just been experimenting with TopMod and found that you can create great looking Mathe style models. I made this one's base in TopMod and the majority in Maya.

Rendered with Indigo 0.5.6 (with the new ultra-cool IOR materials!)

Rendered with HDRI for 4hrs 22 mins, 1350 mutations per pixel, no bidir (won't work with bidir)

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