Endeavour to Perservere!
(I have the mp3 for this, but didn't know how to upload it)
Thanks for the tips and encouragement, guys! As you thought, the wq3 models were made in 3ds Max, which, I discovered, good ole' Autodesk wants $3500. for. So I may just experiment with Gmax, for the price. I did find Npherno's GL Viewer/compiler, Red, that pulls the wq3 model components in and you can see the actual model. Pretty interesting! Not sure if I'll ever figure it all out well enough to make any good characters, but it sure is intriguing!
(I haven't figured out who ICI is yet).