Thanks for the reply. I was feeling i might lurk the internet and find an older maya book to get some needed info from. I like having a tangible book to reference when needed. Although the last book a friend got for maya was horrible, i dont have much experience but it seemed they were cutting a lot of important corners that would screw them over a lot in the long run if they continued those styles of working. Which is why i wanted recommendation.

I have tried following vid tuts, i even own a dvd of the farrari tut from this site(that i still have not finished sadly). I guess i could stalk more sites for tuts.