AsteroidLady posted at 5:50PM Sat, 09 January 2016 - #4248101

I'm intimidated by Blender, it seems very complicated. I intend to learn it someday, but how long would I have to study it before I could jump right into a project? We've basically decided to model the thing from scratch anyway though, so that it belongs to him.

You just jump in to the middle of the pacific ocean with out knowing how to swim. Good Luck.

hears a life jacket you half to make your own ship thou.

you can't create from scratch with poser.

there's 2 ways to make game characters.

1.box model ,uvmap and make maps

2.sculpt ,retopologize ,uvmap and make maps. strongly advice Wacom tablets for sculpting.

Blender can box model,sculpt ,retopologize ,uvmap. Blender can sculpt normal n bumps ,displacement. I've never colored textured in Blender so can't say about the colored textures.

I use https://www.allegorithmic.com/products/substance-live.

time frame If your very dedicated and determined. 6 months to learn blender. 3 months to learn substance-live. to make a half way descent game mesh. years to make Vickys = I like you tube tutorials. Good Luck.

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