Just to be fair (and as a nod to pjz99 who prolly thinks I'm full of crap because I said I figured out Wings in a week...lol), I will say that I had tried to model years ago, made a few simple things and grew frustrated at the time. So, essentially I was not starting from absolute zero. I did have at least some modeling in my history and over a decade of using 3D programs and navigating around in them.

You just have to play around until everything clicks, because it will eventually. Some people learn it quickly, some not so quickly. But in truth, it's not rocket science, any of it. Just pick a place to start (I recommend the modeling end since that's where the meshes come from...lol) and learn as much as you can. I do agree that for what seems the longest time you will make junk...lol. I'm not sure if I still qualify for that or not, but since it's subjective, I'll leave it up to others (been modeling now for about 8 months or there abouts).

Laurie