ghelmer: I use Carrara for all my modelling. How long... toooo long LOL. Actually... I find the modelling the easiest/quickest part, it's the texturing that holds me back. I am a crap painter :-( I find the ERC rigging etc., difficult as well. The ERC controls on the rig attached to the bed took a couple of weeks... basically cos I havn't got a clue what I am doing. I just keep trying differnt things till it works :-) I have a kinda ADD and have to learn things all over again all the time... and if I leave a project for too long, I have to scrap it cos when I go back to it... I have forgotten how I did it LOL. Good luck with your prop making :-)

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