Well then, I don’t feel that bad for being a little stumped now. Lol. Thank you for that… what a great choice for a first project on my own, eh? 😅
Thank you both for the insight… booleans and fixing/retopology it is.
I did watch Kent’s course! It truly is relevant regardless of the Blender version. Maybe I should have fully followed along before starting this one, but here we are.