Free, Wings3D, Anim8tor and Blender. Try them all and see which one works best for your way of thinking. I started with Wings3d because I tended to block model when I started and there is a great forum here for it. I have moved on to other apps but I still use wings for some things.

I always tell new users that modeling apps are very personal. Try all of them and see which works best for you and not what someone thinks is best for you because they like it. That is why there ar so many different modeling software out there.