Buy Modo Indie
about £229 on Steam
I did, the renderer is superb, plus you get a virtually full
version of modo
When you get past Modo's quirky flow i.e action Centers/hauling,materials
being created from layers e.t.c
The prebuilt lighting/environment and preset Materials are fabulous.
The render settings compared to Mental ray are so easy
I was going to buy Thea render to work with
my registered 3Ds max 2012
I bought Modo Indie instead and import from Max into Modo Indie

Philip Moyles