Anyone know of a relatively cheap 3D program that i could buy? $500 on 3D studio max really doesnt seem worth it for me since im only using it for the star wars mod....

why buy? Have you already used all of the trial versions?

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=35077

a thread to a tutorial using rhino 2.0 3d eval

actually, i havent. I didnt even know there were any free trials except for Poser, but i heard that you only got one body in that. Thanks, ill have to try rhino out.