Did you know you can have fun making 3D fractals without using/knowing a specific 3D software ?
It's called mandelbulber, and makes 3D mandelbrot fractals like this one :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E91yxk_p ... re=related
If you're interested in the soft, it is free and available here :
http://www.mandelbulber.com/
Might be used to make an opening movie for an AM game, why not ?

Have fun !