Blender - YafRay - 3D Modeler and Renderer

Blender is the free counterpart to 3DSMax.

Blender is a fully integrated 3D graphics creation suite allowing modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, realtime interactive 3D and game creation and playback

Web sites

• Official site: http://www.blender3d.com/
• Humanoid modeling and animation with Blender: http://www.makehuman.org/

Blender Tutorials

• http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Tutorials.243.0.html