Hi Kent,
Sorry I am not new to Blender/3D. I have used Blender before it was free, 2002 I think, and then later 2003-2006 I really got into it, I have learned the basics of modeling but at the time I was most interested in rigging and animation. I use Blender and 3D Max from time to time for modding games, but still not much modeling, so I think this class will be great to get me into modeling, one of my new year goal!