Modeling Chess Pawn- Knight - Maya 3D tutorial

Category: Maya 3D tutorials > Modelling - Difficulty:

To design a good character animation, an artist must have a good understanding of the composition of the work, and a strong ability to perceive.

this is a Free Maya video tutorial by cgwhat on how to model a Star Wars Hailfire Droid really cool from start to end but free, tutorial is 4H 15M long so if intermittent user in Maya you should be able to follow along and end up with a cool model

A tutorial that explains how to create a basic chalice.

This is a beginner tutorial shows you how to scale objects like gears in Maya.

The character setup outlined in the tutorial delivers a simplistic character "rig" geared towards run time performance first and control to the animator second.