Introduction to maya 2011 “WIP”

[DomainWalker]

I thought I would post a few pics of my project I am currently working on. I am a total beginner with maya and have been working on this for a while trying to learn as much as I can.
Since I was unable to get the background shader to work correctly I decided to create the environment and have been working on that. I need to locate some tutorials on creating the environment mainly on the earth portion.
Any advice or comments would be much appreciated. I am trying to make sure the scale and everything looks right and after looking at it so long I am not sure if it is or not
Thanks
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[DomainWalker]

not sure if no comments is a good thing or bad :)

[Dean]

Looks really good, i think you could work a lil more on the texture... dirty it up a bit have some scratches and stuff.... and a wire render would really let us know how your model looks.
Keep it up!!

[Ignasius]

I agree looks great. One give away though is that the clouds are not casting shadows.

[DomainWalker]

i agree i need to work on the textures, looks to new or something, now if i can figure out how to wire render i can post that also

[DomainWalker]

i have been learning how to use HDRI images for my background, i fugured i could place some clouds with in the scene to give off some shadows. not really sure how to pull that off.

i have sooo much to learn

[DomainWalker]

i have attached a wire render of the engine