> I'm about to get one, but I don't know which one is the best
> for me to use. I'm a beginner, so perhaps something simple
> would be nice, but I do gradually want to do some pretty big
> stuff, so...Yeah, throw me a bone here
>
Recently I've been using
Wings 3D to make some models including the attached example. It's a nice freeware program. It doesn't do animation right now, but
someone is working on adding a plugin for that. I've heard very good things about
Blender, another free program, but I haven't gotten around to trying it yet.
In a
similar thread not vey long ago, skyfire1 mentioned he uses
Anim8or, so you might want to check it out to.
A program I saw mentioned on the Wings 3D forum is
Freyja.
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