for beginning I would not use nurbs. but that´s my opinion. I myself tried to start human modeling with nurbs but found polygonal modeling much more intuitive for beginners.
you might get yourself 2 tools which are mighty helpful for organic boxModeling and speed up your workflow tremendously.
- MJPolyTools
- SpinFaces
I know, the hardest part is where the heck to start off? here you can find my own attempts for answering this question in the past.
https://forum.simplymaya.com/showthre...threadid=17571
kind regards!
everything starts and ends in the right place at the right time.