thanks alot for the comments, phew thats alot to take in Re: lighting I haven't used the lighting features much so far, only spotlight really but I'll read up in the documentation and see what I can do with it, thanks again.

Maya is so frustrating when you are just starting out and new to it all !!!!!!! Please tell me it gets alot easier !!! It's Frustrating because I'm stuck making simple things like this , I guess I just want to be ahead a bit more, making things with a little bit more eyecandy than this