Good place to get started with blender?

[Art_B]

Hi folks. I wanted to start learning how to use blender. I have done some searching on google already but want to ask here because I am not sure if I have found the best sources.

I found this:
/>http://wiki.tesnexus.com/index.php/Installation_of_Blender

Is this is a good starting point? Is it up to date? Are the versions listed there, the ones I should be using? Are there any other good written tutorials that you might recommend?

Also are there any good videos that you would recommend?

Thank you.

[GSBmodders]

right here
/>http://oblivion.nexusmods.com/mods/42755

be sure to read the documentation and google the blender noob to pro tutorials

[Art_B]

right here
/>http://oblivion.nexusmods.com/mods/42755

be sure to read the documentation and google the blender noob to pro tutorials

Thanks. It looks like some stuff from the tutorial I found was indeed out of date. I see that this package does not contain a version of Nifskope. Should I be using 1.0.22 or the latest 1.1.3?

/>http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro

^^ This looks exactly like what I was looking for. I did not come across it when I was searching on my own. Thank you very much.