Hi there, i was reading the list of post in this thread and i thought to send my comments. I think, as cegoarch has already stated, you really need someone willing to take the role of coordinator and some (a small number is better) people working on particular tasks. I can say from experience that working in solitary takes much time but usually leads to the completion (o partial completion) of the mod. So, even if you never tried to mod or have little/none experience, try out! Open the files, try to change values, edit images, read the good tutorial available at the .Org! You can make a good mod even if you have no starting abilities, if you have a fixed idea of what you want to get.