This is actually quite good for the late 90's... Years ago I tried Maya 1.0 what a head-banger... Can't even imagine doing something like this in it...
I do use Maya 4.5 though on my old-old machines... It was the first version with the 'Smooth Proxy'...
Here's a brochure... Unlimited Maya was 8 grand-
https://web.archive.org/web/2003070...t.com/en/products/maya/pdf/Maya45Brochure.pdf
This was before it had Mental Ray but I never minded that... I thought the Maya Software Render Engine was pretty good, plus faster-simpler...
Here's a couple renders I did a year or so ago in 4.5, they have a nice aliased softness to them-
I do use Maya 4.5 though on my old-old machines... It was the first version with the 'Smooth Proxy'...
Here's a brochure... Unlimited Maya was 8 grand-
https://web.archive.org/web/2003070...t.com/en/products/maya/pdf/Maya45Brochure.pdf
This was before it had Mental Ray but I never minded that... I thought the Maya Software Render Engine was pretty good, plus faster-simpler...
Here's a couple renders I did a year or so ago in 4.5, they have a nice aliased softness to them-

