3dsMax help has tons of stuff that guide you step by step. Later on, some tutorials from Gnomon, Eat3D, Digital Tutors or 3dMotive always help. As soon as you feel comfortable, create a thread on polytcount and start posting.
First of all, mind telling us what brand are you? So that we can guide you accordingly. Jokes aside, it is funny how people use this "Brand new me as a 3d modeler" statement loosely, which they really shouldnt. If you have done 3d modeling and worked with some mod, like you stated, than you should have a rough idea about…
People dislike game courses at universities but it's just struck me how helpful it is to get people started. It's like an extremely expensive beginners guide. You won't need to take a course, you just gotta figure out how to get resources to use yourself ;) There's probably some starter tutorials or guides in max itself,…
hi James, if you want to keep working with max, autodesk has some nice videos by Grant Warwick that are at a good level for a beginner to understand, he walks you through his process so you see where some of the everyday basic max tools are while modeling away inorganic shapes. it's very informative and free, you just have…
Hey man, check this out: www.lynda.com Its a series of tutorials that explain the interface (and more) of 3d packages. I would suggest 3DS Max or Maya (or Blender, because its free). Learn the basic interface. What you dont understand, google it, read it. Still don't get it at that point? No matter, write it down, put it…
Another good thing to do is simply go to youtube. Just type in whatever it is you wanna know. For the basics, there are lots and lots of tutorials there.