No task is too great. Doing mods like this aren't a good place to start, but if you don't try and practice, you won't learn. I'm not very good at creating meshes, and I'm extremely bad at texturing, and neither do I upload any mods I do make for public use. The best way to start is by getting a program like 3ds max. You can get this for free if you're a student. Then get Nifskope and the NifTools max plugin for 3ds. (This allows you to export/import 3d meshes as a .nif) Next, get on youtube, or spend a hell of a load of time, to get used to 3ds max, or whatever program you decide to use. This is a timely process, and is not easy, but once you get used to it you will benefit in the long run. Personally, I'd say start with Blender, and put in background imaged and try to mesh around them using flat Circle shapes with 20 vertices to make the mesh look as close as possible to what you're meshing over. Again, this process is something that will take a while to become skilled at. You won't wake up one day and be skilled in 3d modeling, and unless you teach yourself, I don't think there's any other way to learn, other than youtube. The way you have to think about it, which is how I thought about it when I started trying to model 3 years ago at 19, is how is it going to benefit you learning this skill ? If it's just a hobby, then enjoy it, take your time and learn it.. Once you know how to model.. simple things like... a sword, advance to a hammer which can be more 3d based, then helmets, greaves, boots, gloves, armor, skeletons, animation. Nothing stopping you, you just have to take the time to learn it. :) <3
