What 3D software is ok for modeling?

[Statyk]

Agreed. I tried Blender and it just FEELS clunky. I also hear it exports some faulty models sometimes.

[Your Computer]

FYI, HPL3 and even AAMFP (though for this it would only matter if it allows for custom stories) will have almost complete support for OpenCOLLADA for 3DS Max and Blender.

After using Blender for so long, working in Maya makes me feel like i'm in some kind of UI hell (especially with my research on UI design). Animating models is so much less of a chore in Blender. So, if i ever need to export animations for HPL2, i do the work in Blender first, then export to Maya.