Easiest 3d modler to learn

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StOrM3

I personally think the ultimate combo of modelling / texturing tools happens to be Milkshape3D but along side of that, you have to give mad props to the Tattoo Crew! I love this program and have been using both of them exclusively now for quite some time. The new version of Milkshape will really be the giant model killer, because of the kinematics possible in it with the addition of a built in Physics engine, making great anim sequences far easier to achieve. Now back to tattoo, this program out of all the others, and believe me I have tried them all, Deep3D with weapon textures, and ZBrush, Unwrap3D etc.. I even have the source to a program very similar to these letting you paint right onto OBJ files, called Expressionist which the source came for free from GamaSutra source archives, but although couldn't beat the free price, it lacked alot of stuff, and the interface was cumbersome at best. Tattoo, knocks them all out, and the support staff is the best, every question, or bug I had they did their best and worked it out for me in quick fashion. So I am personally recomending these two tools to anyone hoping to create games with ease. Now all I am missing is a tool to make working with bitmap fonts easier, I want something that will let me load up either a gif or png file, use the mouse to draw rects around the chars and assign those bitmaps to characters, then output this info into some sort of ini or text file, and some easy to use blitz routines for loading displaying and special fx with them. I tried image packer which would work except for the fact I have to cut and paste each and every character out of the font into its own bmp file... Too much wasted disk space. Ooops, sorry got off of topic, but really you can't go wrong with these tools.

Thanks 4 Listening, and all you guys help, I can't forget the Blitz Community, you guys have been there to help me with all my dumb, or vague questions even when I can't think of the exact words to describe what I am trying to do.

Thanks,

Ken aka StOrM3 of Pain Killa Entertainment(tm)