Hey Ben,

Nope, never animated anything before, well, I tried a bouncing ball tutorial once, but at that point couldn't really work out what I was doing as I was completely brand new to 3d at that stage.

I've spent the past few months reading about animation, and watching a few tutorials, inbetween learning other aspects of 3d, but this was my first actual practical attempt at it, so I'm glad I'm getting a few nice comments!