   were can i find free models that can be animated (and textures)
  are their any free ones out there?   
  Try this link :http://www.andytather.co.uk/Panda/directxmax_samples.aspx   ;  thanks any other sites anyone?   ;  Turbosquid has a quite a few free ones:http://www.turbosquid.com/Search/Index.cfm/FuseAction/ProcessSmartSearch/intMediaType/2/stgType/Free   ;Wrong forum - this has nothing to do with DirectX programming [smile]Promit's sticky thread in the GDNet Contests forum is a great place to start looking.hthJack   ;  try google.renderosity has some ok ones - esp. for poser or dazstudioplanet3d and 3dcafe are good places for little free things.(soz ive forgotten the urls - ull have to do a google search)   