I would like to do some designing but I am not sure what programs are used for these task,Could someone fill me in?

I use Lightwave to create my stuff.

Thanks for the reply....I am not familiar with Lightwave thanks though......Russell

I use 3DSMax, myself. For simpler things, you can actually use Poser itself, by combining, scaling, tapering and possibly magneting or wave-warping existing primitives As a simple example, you could take the Box and scale it thin in the Z axis, then you could taper it down to an edge along the Z axis, then taper down halfway along the Y axis. Then you add a cylinder, scale it down in the Z and X axes and up in the Y axis, and export the whole result as a wavefront OBJect to make an Axe. Then just load it up in UVMapper, make a new UVMap for it and apply materials to the parts. But you'll get a lot fancier stuff with a real modelling program.

I think you can still get a free demo of Lightwave from NewTek.