I want to get into making mods, and get into the gaming industry, but at the current time I don't have the knowledge or software to make 3D characters, or such things. What I was going to try to do was take the Jazz from the original Jazz Jackrabbit from the '3D' bonus stages, and add the additional angles and animations necessary to make Jazz playable in Duke Nukem 3D.

Ofcourse until I set up my PC to be dual-booted (because I have Windows XP), I can no longer even PLAY Jazz 1 or Duke 3D let alone try to learn how to make Jazz playable in it.

My one suggestion to this project: if you don't want to make the mod for Unreal or Elite Force, atleast make it a fangame that runs on it's own so you don't need to own the shootemup to play it. There are SO MANY FPS out there, and you really want your hard work to be enjoyed by as many Jazz fans as possible.

If you don't want Epic up your ***, than just start with making a Jazz model for FPS with taunts, and make Jazz look really like him - really study Nick Stadler's art to learn how Jazz looks. Start small before you really get involved with the whole mod. Start with Jazz, make him perfect, then do Spaz, etc.

I love the idea. I hope you will do it. I only wish I could help... the only way I can help right now is 2D drawings. If you need any 2D art, I'm a real good drawer. I'm a rookie animator, only finished one animation class in college with great marks, but that's the intro course. Let me know if I can be of help to you in the drawing department. Ofcourse, I'm still practicing Jazz trying to get good at him. He still looks too much like 'my' Jazz than Nick's.