i do paid tutoring, email me if your interested. my email is lostclimategames|at|yahoo|dot|com

EDIT: also forgot to add, I charge 6.50 per hour.

If you are a beginner and you are only used to MED then you should not switch to one of the complicated modelers out there. Maya is very expensive and complex. You can learn with free software like Blender or Truespace much more. You get enough tutorials. There are even fantastic books about modeling, animating and rendering in Blender.

Better go step by step.

And then, if you know what you need and what you miss you have a better inside to judge the commercial tools. I can assure you, there are better and cheaper ones compared to Maya, offering better uv-tools, sculpting and 3d-painting.

this is what i can do in med but i want to do better

Use 3Ds max .

Don't use it, see my post above.

Use it!

Cowabanga, could you please stop to spam here around. If you have a good reason for your comments then please write it down, explain yourself but comments made of 1-2 words dont help anybody.

I explained in detail why I would not recommend an 5 thousand dollar application to someone who is used to work in MED.

I'm spamming??

Yeah i have a good reason:

3Ds max is easy, cool and powerful modelling tool.
Just open the manual and read the tutorial then you'll be the best in modelling.

How many modeling tutorials did you read in your life time?

You can also look into the handbook of Modo, Lightwave, XSI, Blender and you will be impressed of the features, the structure, the power.

Max is old and some other tools are better. You can do better modeling in Modo. You can add details better in Modo, ZBrush, Mudbox. You cannot paint in 3d except you are using Modo or Bodypaint.

Do you see the point? Max is getting old, it was good 10 years ago. And it still is good for standard polygon modeling and rendering. But there are a lot of areas where it lacks.
With this in mind, it is too expensive. You can get similar modeling, animating and rendering tools (like Lightwave) for a fraction of this price or even for free (Blender, Truespace).

OK, give me some reasons for Lightwave, XSI and Blender. Because maybe (i said maybe) Maybe, I'll buy another Modelling program.

BTW, Am i a spammer?