James... James... James... don't give up modeling, man! Listen, I'm going to be perfectly honest with you. I hope that I don't offend you, I'm not trying to.
You have came a long way with your models. You just need to get better for people to flip over them like they do for WZ's or Atra's (May he rest in peace for the moment.
), Thu11s', etc... You aren't going to have that happen if you stop now.
You've made comments that you release an original concept and nobody notices, yet someone releases the jillionth version of a Connie and everyone Oooos and Ahhhs. Dude, that's not your fault!!! Everyone's looking for a better Connie. We all want a "better mousetrap" too. DON'T STOP!!!
Modding is really cool. I love doing it, myself. What I really wish that I could do though is release a mod that is all my own work. I want to do the specs, make the models, and write the scripts. I want it to have awesome skirmish scripts like the bonus Sulu missions, All new single player campaigns that include all of the "Historical" battles from SFB, and the bitchin'est D2 campaign that anyone has ever played. I'm nowhere near that yet. Someday though...
Anyway, don't quit doing something that you want to do because you aren't enjoying immediate success. That's quiting, and anyone can quit. I'll get off my soapbox now.