hi dan,

i used poly, extruding faces and edges. the body, from nose in back is only a primitive poly cube.

for me, a great help was the video tut of jaguar (see www.3d-palace.com in maya tuts). the tecnik is the same.

is a good way to atach (or group) a number of pices, but, for me, is more dificult.

this is the body, only a cube elaborated....!