Stick with Micro core, this is the only distro so far that suits my needs, easy, fast, clean, awesome, total control without the bloat, You really should try this one out, burn multi-core on a CD next install micro core using the tc installer from the cd.
Multi core is a package which contains both micro and tiny core. And micro core is definitly what you are looking for.
I am a bit confused about you want to have terminal only and use 3D render software..