Let K be a convex set in 0f3637a0147e278a80a82de4cf0" title="Click to view the MathML source">Rd and let Kλ be the convex hull of a homogeneous Poisson point process Pλ of intensity λ on K. When K is a simple polytope, we establish scaling limits as λ→∞ for the boundary of Kλ in a vicinity of a vertex of K and we give variance asymptotics for the volume and k -face functional of Kλ, k∈{0,1,...,d−1}, resolving an open question posed in [17]. The scaling limit of the boundary of Kλ and the variance asymptotics are described in terms of a germ–grain model consisting of cone-like grains pinned to the extreme points of a Poisson point process on Rd−1×R having intensity 0fec06fefe16dfe7ba1445391ba">.