Back when I was in school taking largely 3D classes I intended to do that, but not long out of school I decided to largely drop 3D to concentrate on my painting (get good fast at one instead of ok at both). I still have the skills to model them (probably not texture/rig/animate) but again that's time I choose to spend painting instead.
I'm very open to others taking a crack at them, though every attempt so far has stalled and failed.