Blender

This is mostly for reference:

• My 1st attempt at Blender (1/21 - 14 hours): https://twitter.com/betamountain/status/955232060599390208
• My 2nd attempt at Blender (1/28 - 2 hours): https://twitter.com/betamountain/status/957378931677716480

Ref

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1od08qJn9Q - Beginners Blender 3D: Tutorial 10 - 3D Logo Ident Process: BMW Badge
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plhyqG-vEXk - [HD] Displacement Modifier tutorial Blender 2.56
• https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/34037/how-to-merge-vertices-in-blender
• https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/734/how-to-smooth-shade-an-object-while-retaining-hard-edges
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gRUUeFteQg - how to apply textures in blender 2.7x (beginners)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plhyqG-vEXk - [HD] Displacement Modifier tutorial Blender 2.56

Splitting Objects

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3J-oYFdyqQ
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfLdbzSZdw

Blender Guru

Probably the most useful series that I found was by Blender Guru. He's patient and walks through the items. Do the tutorial bits, they are handy. He has a handy PDF (you have to sign up to get it) for shortcuts.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYj6e-72RDs

Community

• https://www.blender.org/community/
  • https://blenderartists.org/forum/