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== Get Blender ==
http://www.blender.org

== Best Start ==
 * [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/ noob to pro] - this is probably the best starting point
 * [http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Blender_User_Interface.224.0.html Blender User Interface] (basics)

== Useful resources ==
 * [http://download.blender.org/documentation/BlenderHotkeyReference.pdf complete Blender Hotkey Reference] (very usefull)
 * [http://3d-graphic.hachmeister.org/uploads/media/blender_hotkeys.pdf Blender Hotkeys alphabetical]
 * [http://mediawiki.blender.org/index.php/Tutorials/Links tutorial link collection]
 * [http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Tutorials.243.0.html official Blender tutorial archive]

== Video Tutorials ==
 * [http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/contrib/interface.avi Interface Concept] (windows, buttons, tabs...)
 * [http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/contrib/3dview.avi 3D Viewport] (how to navigate in 3D)
 * box modelling (?)
 * [http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/mytut/uvtut.avi LSCM UV Mapping] (apply texture coordinates)
 * [http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Video_Tutorials.396.0.html more...] ([http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/ even more...])

== Specific Stuff ==
=== Making Models from Fotos ===
 * [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Turning_a_Cube_into_a_Puppy turning a cube into a puppy] - tested: very good
=== Extrusion modelling ===
 * [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Penguins_from_spheres turning a sphere into a penguin] - looks good
=== Texturing ===
 * [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/wiki/HowTo:Unwrap_in_Blender Unwrap a Spaceship] - ?
=== other ===
 * [http://www.quake3bits.com/htm/tutorials/doom_3_smooth_groups.htm smooth groups explained] - good explanation but a strange solution... (feature is missing?)
 * [http://www.blender.org/documentation/htmlI/x3225.html Edge Tools] - Advanced Edge Tools