thanks, I'll give it a go! :D

Can't use the knife tool, any ideas how to get this working? I can do "loop cut (ctrl + R)" but no knife tools :,(

I have been using this wikibook to learn how to use Blender

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro

It's pretty good.. helped me start out and learn the basics that I need to get a setup that I like that opens as standard now. and shows how to use many of the different function in blender... but (so far) it seems pretty basic stuff..

Hope you find it useful :D

Quote - Nothing's easy about Blender, but doesn't it feel awesome when you do nut it out??!? Well done - that looks great.

I'll seconds that. I have only been using it for a while and i've been enjoying it quite a lot. It is really hard to get to grips with.. I cant model anything in the organics reigon but I have created some small coughsMasterpeices lol.

Quote - You might turn on Set Smooth under Links and Material [F9] if you want to get rid of that polygon mesh look.

Another thing that you can use to sort this problem out is to use a "Subsurf" from the modifiers drop down when you are in "object mode"