This is my assassin model that I have previously posted on DA, I took it from lightwave7.5 and took it into Modo to do a re vamped render of it for an exhibition.
I just re rendered it in Modo. I definitely prefer Modo, but i started out in Lightwave. I mainly focus on modeling, texturing and rendering, so I don't look much further than that for personal use at the moment. I think Modo has a far more intuitive and contemporary UI and workflow. But in saying that I haven't used lightwave since version 8.5 so I haven't used any of the node based systems that have been put in place.