Blender does not work? Do you have any error message?
You must know that blender is, besides its ugly and confusing controls, the most complex modeller(free ones) out there (it can simulate fluids, soft-clothes whitch can "cover" another object, bake textures whitch is usefull for textures...)
Ok, most of them i never use. But i also know Anim8bor which you use and it also has weak points. For example the texturing (uv-creation is difficult) and animation (but it works), since the viewing is difficult. Also some control issues...
But, well we should keep as many possibilitys open as possible.
I wills send you a 3ds later, need some time
You would prefer a viking-style, am i right ?