How do you install Blender and all the other software in order to import and export NIF files? Easy, just follow the instructions on the How to Install Blender page.
Here are some tutorials that anyone new to Blender should read:
Here are some game-related tutorials related to modding with this tool (might be separated into their own pinned threads one day):
- Oblivion - Blender bow import and export
- Oblivion - Blender bows with modified geometry
- Oblivion - Blender bows with new geometry
- Oblivion - Blender import and export armor
- Oblivion - Blender rigging and skinning
- Oblivion - Avoiding Blender animation pitfalls
- Oblivion - Game Units (measurement)
- Oblivion - Custom Sword in Blender
- Oblivion - Custom Shield in Blender
- Oblivion - Custom Cuirass in Blender Part 1
- Oblivion - Custom Cuirass in Blender Part 2
- Oblivion - Blender Video Tutorial - Adding Textures
- Oblivion - Blender Video Tutorial - Convex Collision
- Oblivion - Weapons with Multiple Collision Objects
- Oblivion - Custom Helmets
- Oblivion - How To Make Swords With Scabbards
- Oblivion - Split Oblivion Meshes
- Fallout 3 - Rigging / Skinning, VATS Dismemberment and Export
- Fallout 3 - Creating a sword
- Fallout 3 - Creating armor - Part 1
- Fallout 3 - Creating armor - Part 2
- Any - UV Mapping: An Explanation
- Any - Making square UV maps in Blender
- Any - Create basic clothes in 5 minutes
- Any - Creating a belt using Blender
- Any - Creating a cape with Blender
- Any - Making a round hole in your mesh
- Any - How to Re-Topologize a Game-Ready object in Blender
- Any - How to Create Bows by Nicoroshi
- Any - LHammonds' Blender Shortcut Tips
- Any - Easy Rigging in Blender
- Any - Mastering Low-Poly Design for Gaming - YouTube Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Any - Character Modeling Process - Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Any - Modeling A 3D Human Head
- Any - Creating a Stylized Dragon in Blender 2.5 - Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- Free3DTutorials.com
- Blender - How to have two versions of Blender installed on the same system (2.49b + Nifscripts and 2.53 BETA)
- Blender.org
- BlenderCookie.com
- BlenderGuru
- BlenderNation
- BlenderArtists.org
- BlenderArt Magazine (Magazines and Tutorials)
- Super3boy Blender Tutorials
- Greybeard's Tutorials
- BioRUST.com
- OTO the cleaner
- cogfilms.com
- Blender 3D tutorials
- Faint Media Community Tutorials
- Ingie Bee Tutorials
- KatsBits
- Blender Hotkeys
- Pagoda Productions Tutorials
- Geneome Blender Tutorials
- BlenderCourse.com
- GraphicAll.org - Optimized builds of Blender