Moddeling/skinning tools

[Squirrelman]

Hey i'v used this site for a while but never made a account till now...hehe anyway I'v been mapmaking for a while and have wanted to try moddeling/skinning for over a year but never had time{actually have even less time now}..lol but ya I read a few posts on the front page but don't have time to read the whole forum till next week so i'll just post my question...

I am looking for programs/tools to model and skin with but am looking for something free and proven safe{ie no keyloggers ect}

what would you advice?{maybe even something for new modelers/skinners and something for when I get more experienced with it even}

sry for the long post, I have the habit of making long posts.. I read 3D's Max v.5 is the prefered program but I didn't get to read much..

 

[Akumu]

Get it here

ahh this is wat u need if u figure out how to use any of these programs plz let me know i got everything yesterday and i dont know wat half of the thing do im usually good at this stuff but not this any way here it is http://www.world-editor-tutorials.thehelper.net/filestools.php its all there even some nifty guides or 2