Ooh I see, yeah I never expected SideFX to go the extreme distance they have gone to assist me a total stranger without money to speak off, in getting me equipped with their own software in order to have my game succeed. I never knew people like that existed in the business world which is why I was considering using Houdini.
I will download it and have a go at it, see if I might like it. As you said the modelling capability has come a long way, the posts on the internet bashing it are a posts a few years old.