Attached Link: http://blender.org/cms/Home.2.0.html

Blender is also free and has a decent community behind it.

Also, if you are planning on making clothing for your figures, try Clothing Creator and Wardrobe Wizard at

www.philc.net

And if you have the bucks, a very good program for creating organic shapes and bodies is

ZBrush

http://pixologic.com/home/home.shtml

But there are many alternatives including:

3D Studio Max

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?id=5659302&siteID=123112

Lightwave (Used to make Serenity, the movie)

http://www.newtek.com/lightwave/

Cararra 5

http://www.eovia.com/products/carrara5/carrara.asp
Hope this helps!

Message edited on: 01/22/2006 12:35