Totally. I felt genuinely annoyed reading it. If I were that guy I’d bow my head in shame receiving an award based on other peoples work while you take all the credit is not cool. I guess it depends what you would consider wasting your time, there’s definitely things you should prioritise under time constraints and alot of what @imashinationsaid was perfectly valid.
If like with you Dave, it’s a personal project and you’re just trying to do a nice render, then yea I get that cleaning up anything more than what would be needed to render it nicely could be considered a waste of time and energy. I’m a bit of a wire frame render junkie so for me it’s all about the topo 😄
I like what you’ve done there adding additional detail, the turret is looking really good 😄