I think Dom is right when it comes to the whole poly count when using the 3 button thing, if you smooth a cube that only has 6 sides and look at it in Viewport 2.0 you'll see the actual amount of faces displayed, it does sub divide the geo, it's just doesn't display on the normal view. Either way your model is looking great Tweety, and I'm eagerly awaiting your progress! Good luck with this months comp. And more importantly, good luck for tomorrow, hope it goes well for you mate, Ill have my fingers crossed for you (some of the day...lol)!