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My first mod was no more than a tutorial build. It took me about 6 months. It was a simple, fight the bad guys, get the item and finish the quest. It taught me alot of the basics on how to use the toolset. It even used some basic scripting. After I finished the tutorial, I kept adding on to the mod, just for my own XP. I only posted it on the vault, because I needed to know how to do that.
My second mod was built after doing several tutorials on basic and advanced scripting. It took 8 months. I did the math when I finished it and it came out to about 36 days. Had to work hard. Had to get it done.
My current build is not going at a pace anywhere near that. I look at it kind of like building a diorama. Take your time and work on the details.
I have come to these forums many times asking for help, but I also take a great deal of pride in the fact that I have learned and done alot on my own. While I find the people here most friendly and helpful, I try not to ask their help untill I have tried everything I can think of.
I still consider myself a noob, and as such I would say, take your time, do the work. Half of the fun of this is banging your head against the table. I think you will have more fun and take more pride in what you can do for yourself.
For what it's worth,
Ed