yeah my rendering skills aren't too high, and don't know the first step to mental ray so every render comes out looking like crap with that, and even maya software render I know nothing about. I barely understand lighting either but enough to get the basics.

I did everything planar mapping and my only UV setup practice I got so far is the one with the low poly grim reaper like character. Laying out the UV's was probably just as time consuming for me as it was modeling it, which modeling I've kinda got the hang of.

Thanks for the comment