I'm finding MoI, Alibre and Simlab an awesome combination of tools to rapidly create 3d models and scenes. Check out some of my work at http://GoldPeeps.com to understand the level of creativity that can be developed in just a few days. The humanoid character "Prospector Pyrite Pete" originated in Alibre, with clothing and hat made possible with MoI3d.
This GoldPeeps site is less than a month old, so all renders were created over the last week. The environments were generated by E-On Vue. 3D Models rigged by Poser, for easy manipulation in Vue. If you want to render some gold prospecting scenes like this, I am sharing my models (all textured and in .obj) at Renderosity.com, search FREE OBJECTS under artist "dream cutter".

Shoot me a message if you need tips or hints.

R/ Dream Cutter