Even though its unpaid work, at least you can add it to your CV and build up your folder for future related jobs. Haha nice, Yeah also don't use the plugin for 3DS if you ever use that to convert to mdx it messes up the position of the model i've notcied.
Yeah blender is annoying, huh i've found ms3d user friendly compared to maya. But i guess its what you get used too.
But best of luck mate over all and keep it up
be nice to see some of your 3D models.