As I mentioned in the previous post, I'm using Blender for modelling in my 3D game development class I'm teaching. I think Blender is great and the best value for the price (free!) of any modelling tool available. That said, it isn't for everyone. I did a full lecture on Blender and found that my love of Blender is related to my love of the text editor vi. In fact I used this opportunity to give the students a free introduction to vi. If you hate vi and think it is the worst editor ever, I guarantee you will not like Blender. If you like (or simply accept) vi then you will probably find that once you know about 20 key combos you'll be proficient with all things Blender.
Once I learned those key combinations I found that it is the fastest modelling tool I have ever used. I actually love the interface. I still find some process require a revisit of the documentation (especially for animations), but once I have them down it is fast.
The best way I found to learn Blender is with this set of Blender video tutorials.
The next best piece of documentation is this Blender Wiki book.The third place is the official Blender documentation.
If you have some extra time on a new modelling project give Blender a week and I think you will be hooked.
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