Attached Link: http://www.shapemagic.com/products.htm

Kissable, I know exactly what you mean!! LOLOL!! By golly I've had the same exact feelings!! I don't know the lingo and can't draw worth a darn, which is why I love Vue and Bryce....they just sort of do it for you!

If you are looking to build sort of simple items, you might want to take a look at Shape Magic Products. I inserted the link above. You can export .obj's with these that work great in Vue. A number of their products are free and Shape Magic is only $10. There's also tons of free .smg files you can download (the format Shape Magic uses to store the models definition). These can be used as templates. There are also some free .obj models made by the product at this link. There are tutorials and it really is pretty easy to use. It won't drive you crazy, I can pretty much guarantee that! Give it a look! Might get you going on some simpler things and help with learning some of the lingo. I actually made some nice looking stumps with the Tree Magic Stump maker and a few simple objects in Shape Magic....so far!! :)

Eventually I will also give Wings a try to see what it can do.

BTW: has anyone ever used Anim8or?