Hi all. i've been wondering for a long time. How do you guys make those great (and not so great) models? I am a complete noob at these things and i've always wanted to dabble in the fine art of game editing. I've done editing before, but those were on notpad files like the ones for Homeworld and Star Trek Armada 2 (on armada i was able to do a lot just moving and renaming stuff, gave the galaxy and nebulas tractor beams, gave the defiant a phaser, equiped the akira with sovereign weapons like it should changed the starbase so that the fbaseHQ was the ingame starbase, etc) now, i've downloaded a lot of programs that allow model editing. I have that small tutorial on the site on how to replace the models (know that part by heart). I've been using a program called Assimview to take a look at the hard points on the trek ships (if i mention trek ships, they are the ones from Armada 2) and it's worked out pretty good, just a couple things i need to resolve still. Other programs i've downloaded have been resource hacker, Lithunwrap, conv3ds and milkshape (don't really like it, though, using mainly Lithunwrap). Anyway, that is all i know how to do, edit notepad files and switch and rename files to do as i wish and i've gotten pretty good at it. My ultimate dream is to do what everyone wants: to take either rebllion or X-wing Alliance models and put them into Star Trek Armada 2 creating the TC to end all TCs. However, i have only gotten as far as turning the Gallofree tactical 301 into an SOD( the file type the trek ships are in). What i want to know, short and simple is, how do you use any of the programs above (or any other programs you guys use) to make modifications to the ships? i know nothing about doing any of that. if i may put forth a small task, could some one make a full length tutorial, from start to finish, making either a new model of any ship in either game (if you can make a gallo out of some Armada ship, that would be awsome and i would always be in awe of your abilities) using either the programs above or any other ones that are easy and free to download. I'd liket to note that some of these programs don't accept either one or the other and that has been a major snag in my operations. if you guys could include how to get around those flaws it would be a great help.