i personally would go for something like the house modelling that Dave did. or the bedroom scene, having used maya as a hobbiest sing version 5 i still found it very good, dave has a way of telling you stuff that sticks, well it does for me anyways. I have tried virtually all the online training sites, including (when i first started out) 3DBuzz and found those helpful until 3dBuzz went pay. I always came back to this site for Daves videos.
Cheers Myth
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