oh yeah as helpful as always i see Simple... why not stick to Milkshape there's a good lad.
The tutorials that come with Max are pretty decent, I would strongly suggest against a google search ... use Microsoft Search or something instead. It brings up one hell of alot less fluff.
Also try a site called
3dluvr as this is essentially
the 3d artist site. Has alot of tips, hints, tutorials and such from professionals and very long standing artists alike. ALOT of useful information there about all of the major packages, but there is a particular affinity to 3D Studio Max as that is the package that started the site off
if you need more then just holler as i've got alot more places and tutorials for everything. Though i'd strongly advice not to try and start off doing anything overly complex, go for something that looks simple and easy

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