A quick question before I drop in any links that may not be what you need: Are you looking for apps for modeling characters for game use? Or are you looking for game engine developement tools? Or both? I'm afraid that two of the best I can reccomend in both areas aren't really beginner apps - the game engine developer requires programming capability. The character creation apps aren't entry level...

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