Blender
From Mike Beane's Blog
This is mostly for reference:
- 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
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.