Editing Ship Models/Skins

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Originally Posted by flakmonkey

While id love to have been the author of the merchant fleet mod it was actaully made by iambecomelife

Well, don't i feel like a goose now, fixed in OP.

As for your question, you can use pretty much any 3d app that can export .obj files to make new units. Personally i use maya and 3ds max but these are quite expensive. Try a google search for wings3d, last time i looked it was free and quite fully featured. You will also need something like photoshop to create and edit unit textures (.tga format).
And for importing your work into sh3 you will need s3d, a quick forum search should find it. Happy modding

Fantastic! Just the type of answer i was looking for. Thanks a lot

If anyone else has anything to add to this i'm all ears.