I usually use Amapi 4.15 It's free and I find it easy to work with. It doesn't do anything you could imagine, making complex organic shapes (like a realistic human head) can be difficult but it's good enough for most basic objects. You can make charactersusing amapi, but you need some time to experiment. check out one of my first images I've posted in the gallery. It's an alien wich has been modelled using only amapi. The textures and the final render are made in bryce. Modelling this alien took a few hours, but that was mainly because I wanted to tweak everything to perfection.

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