I think I heard about you, but if you've been out since the NX pack and Walk FX, you have gobs of catching up to do.
me, I'm the polish guy around here (the POLISH-as in the country-guy is a master texturer), or I was till mouths got opened, mine. I have a few bits in the works, and am discovering tricks, but I'm not a modeller. i have 6 retex and hardpoint jobbies and i believe a hundred betas under my belt, now.
there WILL be people telling you it's all dead. it's not quite dead as you can see, but a lot of people have migrated to the fan-made Excalibur to get that game going.