my very first two models. one took me a week to make second only two days...
i used makehuman for human base mesh... have no problem making one from scratch but have a lot of struggle with topology so makehuman it is... (dont like it tho...)
blender the latest version...just started to learn...any time i get i spent it blending :P and last but not least photoshop...cant imagine how people can paint in blender...all detail done with ps
so your thought please...
hoping later to put them into the game...tho each is around 2000verts...cant imagine how to put it any lower if needed
next step... make around three more and start animating...