Nurnies, Greebles, and Azteching Tutorials

[KageRyu]

I am getting ready to blow the dust off of my 3D modelling apps and try to build/finish some of the ships and structures I started some 10 years ago. My modelling skills are immensely rusty. If anyone could recommend some good tutorials for modelling all the wonderful surface details, nurnies, and azteching that really make those capitol ships so grand I would appreciate it. Lightwave tutorials would be the most helpful for me, but general 3D tutorials will also help.

Thanks in advance

[Titon]

Great place to start.

http://members.shaw.ca/lightwavetutorials/Main_Menu.htm

[KageRyu]

Those tutorials will help somewhat, but I could really use some that address azteching and greebles on non-falt surfaces. By that, I mean generating polygonal greebles and azteching on spheres, cylinders, and what not. The bend command in Lightwave is a major pain, and I could use some inspired alternatives.