wings3d
maya
3dsmax

trueSpace was ok, but the modeling tools seemed to always get in the way.. n I don't know how many times I lost the little dot when it was accidently minimized.

I tried Blender n found the interface wasn't the only problem I had. It may be great for other types of modeling but I tried the box modeling method to create a head and gave up on it. It's the only 3d app I tried that'll add geometry by itself and it won't let you terminate an edge as a n-gon.. it doesn't support 5-sided polys. The knife bit is a bit tedius.. having to select edges, draw yer new edges and then hit enter? I'm used to selecting edges n clicking a button or pressing a shortcut key.

divinerain