i think it is a gaint dinner plate with some esparagus in the middle
i know that a lot of good modellers use 3dsmax, but if memory serves right 3dsmax isnt as user friendly as gmax. then again, for all i know theyre the same program icon_wink.gif
anyways its a pretty sweet model. cant wait to see some cool animations for it.
edit - something about the way the portal itself sits on the platform doesnt quite look right. its probably just me, but it might be the platform is too low.
Omg how did u ge thte skin to wokr in warcraft?
Each tme i try to skin my modle i edit the max script and change the name of the skin and when i import it it dont work it only appears as the players color. I thnk it might be the alpha channel in the skin but im not sure...