New female CG body inflation channel (for cool kids only)

I wish I could tell you myself, but there's a lot to it. It also sort of depends what you want to do with it. In my case, I was just messing around with the models from Dota 2, trying to make inflation animations out of them. That said, I can give you a couple pointers.

Use this, and use it well: https://www.blender.org/manual/

This does a damn fine job of explaining any part of Blender you're curious about, and a lot can be found from just experimentation. Chances are, if there's a feature you need, Blender can do it. Space bar is your friend, you can use it to search for a function you need. Don't feel the need to read that whole manual. Only part I'd say is mandatory is the interface, i.e. the first part. If you're still lost, Google is your friend.

If you want to take my route and learn with the Dota 2 models, first install this plugin:

http://steamreview.org/BlenderSourceTools/

Then go to this page for links to character model downloads:

http://www.dota2.com/workshop/requirements

Most of the Dota 2 characters are male, but most of the female characters are pretty hot to be frank. Try Queen of Pain if you want a half-naked woman to mess around with. Luna, Lina, and Drow Ranger have the skin-tight bodysuit thing down. Windranger's got an exposed midriff, but no boobs to speak of. There was previously a way to extract models directly from the game if you wanted to play around with different outfits and stuff, but I don't know how to do it since they moved the game over to a new engine. I'll probably look into it in the future, I do want to use the Crystal Maiden arcana model someday, just because her model actually looks like a woman now instead of a lumpy cave troll with implants.

Biggest thing I'd look into is messing around with Shape Keys and using keyframes. Keyframes are the basic tool for animating stuff, and Shape Keys let you tweak the model by applying some sort of distortion to the model directly. Perfect for inflation!

Once you're a little more familiar with messing with models in general, Valve (Dota 2's developer) has a short document on how to specifically texture its hero models. Applying the color and normal maps from the files are trivial once you know how to do it, but applying the masks will probably prove a little challenging. I did not apply the masks in the Lina animation above, but I've prepared a model of Luna using them, which I'm planning on animating. Anyway, here's a link to said document when you're ready: http://media.steampowered.com/apps/dota2/workshop/Dota2ShaderMaskGuide.pdf

I hope I didn't overwhelm you at all. Don't get me wrong, Blender's a little more complicated than most software you're used to, but if there's one big hint I can give you to make it easier, it's to learn to love keyboard shortcuts. They'll seem weird and awkward at first, but in the end they're way, way faster than clicking everything manually. And if you screw up, ctrl-Z is undo and ctrl-shift-Z is redo. If you have any more questions, let me know.

As for you other guys, thanks for the encouragment. I'll be open to criticism along the way, because I want to improve my 3D animation skills. Don't worry, I won't go full Tom Pres-- never mind. You know what I mean. ;P