I can''t afford to get 3D Studio Max. +$3,000 is about 100 times my price range right now. What are some good alternatives that use the same basic user interface? Does anyone know how much Maya costs? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

IMO there is no real alternative to 3DSMAX.
GMax is from discreet too and shares the same interface than Max. Milkshape is shareware. Blender in free.

About the price of maya ... don''t make me lough.

Just outta interest how much is maya?

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If you are a student, Maya costs only ~$400. Have a look at the Alias homepage. If you''re NOT a student, it''ll be around $9,000.

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There is always Blender, Moray (a front end for POV Ray that i really like)

I''d give Moray a try, I learned a lot on it. do a search for MORAY 3D on google and it should come up.

cant afford 3dmax? lol who pays for that crap, warez rules.

Warez? What is that?

I just checked this site out:
http://www.doschdesign.com/e_start/index.html
Is this a good alternative to the character design aspect?

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cant afford 3dmax? lol who pays for that crap, warez rules.

Heh. Bad, bad, bad idea. Autodesk (The makers of 3D studio/owners of discreet) are famous for prosecuting software piracy cases. Even against students or the underage. And they do occasionally investigate low budget products that are using 3DS models. Remember, in the US one instance of software piracy can cost you up to $200,000.

GrandMLee, ''warez'' is just cracker jargon for software piracy, that is, obtaining and using software without paying for it.

Oh, I thought it was a development suite...