These are some free tools to get you started :)

Wings 3D:
Easy to use modeling application. Great for beginners (my 7 year old son can use it).

Blender:
Blender is the first and only fully integrated 3D graphics creation suite allowing modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, realtime interactive 3D and game creation and playback with cross-platform compatibility - all in one tidy, easily and free downloadable package! The interface is far from intuitive for most.

UV Mapper:
Used for creating or altering UVs. Free version and retail Professional

Depending on which version of Poser you are using you might need this:*
PHI Builder:
Hiearchy Style rigging for models

And I don't know if you have something to paint textures with:
Gimp (Linux and Windows):
GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

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You'll definately need to consider the limitations of Poser while designing and creating your figures.
Here are a couple of tuts that we have online

We have a tutorial disc in our store left over from DragonCon. Its free (although you do have to pay the shipping).

--Rebekah--

Message edited on: 10/27/2004 14:00