Be patient I am sure you guys get this same old question from novice but which program works best for cheating characters for an animation project?  I plan on trying my hand at a space adventure which will need the usual ships and such but my main focus will be on characters.  Needless to say I will need a good program for the usual green skinned, antenna wearing and tentacle bearing characters via star trek and star wars.
     I have dabbled with some programs.  I found 3ds max addictive once you get the hang of it and zbrush a lot of fun.  Poser is great but limiting and I don't quite get the creative feel with it like the others.
    Before delving any further I was just wondering which programs of combination of programs works best for you guy?