Free or inexpensive software for assets creation

Hey guys, I've been doing web programming for many years, I always wanted to develop games and what always stopped me is I have no skills in 3D modeling or animation.

Right now I'm decided to start, whatever it takes, actually already started yesterday, in a few hours I was able to create a map with a functional player, movement, cameras and stuff.

So about the objects, I would like to know if there is a software that allow to create decent quality assets that doesn't cost that much.
Otherwise, would it worth to start learning blender or any other software to become a modeler/animator?
I mean, is it possible to start creating usable things in a reasonable time period?

Thanks in advance for any suggestion!

 

Hello,

I guess it depends...

Have you checked SketchUp?
https://www.sketchup.com/learn/videos/826

And there are a lot of 3d models ready to use in Unity, for free, or for a fee.

Here for example:
https://archive3d.net

And of cource in Unity Asset store:
https://assetstore.unity.com/

You can usually make basic changes of their textures directly in Unity, or using Photoshop.

 

Yes!

 

Yeah, Blender is good.

There is also makehuman, which is another program, that is good to use
to make human/humanoid assets. I will be honest, it is a bit buggy, but still
stable enough to use.