Im still here....JUST!

I think that for now, I'm happy with this.
I think that I will go with Kitto's idea of a cool sky to go with my environment. The sky in this picture was quickly done in Photoshop but hopefully it will be a cool sky dome when I get round to it.

For the moment though I want to get my other 2 projects to a similar level as this, then I can do the finishing touches to them all.

With all the problems I have been having with max (CAX) 2009. I have had slow progress with my character, the Slaney pilot.
I have almost finished the model of my pilot and just need to make the hands.

But since I have been connecting the head and making the neck, max has magically flipped all the polygons and changed all my X-Forms. And! Even created an invisible object.

I know you probably don't believe me and I wouldn't have either if it had not happened to me. But a more common and more believable problem does happen. The undo (ctrl + Z) stops working randomly, until you turn off max and reload.
Why?
Who knows!
Who cares!
But it just should not do that!!!!!!

Anyway I solved all of these problems and did the odd bit of merging the files until I was happy.
Now I believe I can continue without taring my hair out at any given moment.
WARNING!
Please do not use Max when near or around sharp objects or with any long piece of cord or string.