Judging from animating for WC3 models I'd say that you definately need to have some knowledge about modeling to do good animations.
That's like cooking without knowing how to cut vegetables.
But you won't have to learn all of the tricks and ruses of good modeling and texturing.
But remember that knowing how to animate won't just make models pop up - you need a model to animate it, so it's always convenient to be able to do both.
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There is a really nice beginner's tutorial on Youtube (it's not for the newest 3ds, but that doesn't matter).
That's the first part.
It doesn't go over animations, but over basic controls, tools and settings of 3ds. And basic modeling.
@Machbeth: Go
Judging from animating for WC3 models I'd say that you definately need to have some knowledge about modeling to do good animations.
That's like cooking without knowing how to cut vegetables.
But you won't have to learn all of the tricks and ruses of good modeling and texturing.
But remember that knowing how to animate won't just make models pop up - you need a model to animate it, so it's always convenient to be able to do both.