right on most parts except the rendering, most of the above pictures are not good because they were rendered (tho it has a small effect, its details and shading, if the shadowing is good then it smooths the model out considerably, as far as you go young_link, you might think about throwing it into blender, unwrapping it, and baking an occlusion map on it since that requires almost no skill to do, if you dont understand, then pm me your msn/yahoo/aim username, and download blender, then the next time im on, ill walk you thru it.