hey thank you for the replys Could you possibly name some of the books i should purchase? theres one on Amazon.co.uk https://www.amazon.co.uk/Introducing-...3989321&sr=8-2 but im using maya 8.5 does it make any difference it being 8 to 8.5? if it doesn't i'll deffo buy that book as well as the other one i found learning Maya 8: foundations what other books would you recommend? again thanks for the posts, and i hope i'll start to build a 3D model soon, well as soon as i get the books of course *edit* i just read at the bottom of the 3D for beginners that a free Maya Personal Learning Edition software is included