More ZBrush,

On the Pixologic site, producers of ZBrush, there are several ready made models that you can download and play around with to get better acquainted with the program. In this case I took the dragon model I found there, export it into Max, took the head, wings and hands and combined them with a figure and molded accordingly producing this model.

Also picked up on how to paint the model in the program which makes texturing in any other 3D program almost obselete. Then again when it comes to games and movies you still have to consider the model's UV coordinates so that step is still best left to other 3D programs from what I understand so far.

I'd like to pose this model but realized I extracted the Subtools (the armor and clothes) at a high subdivision level which means if I were to to try to use the Transpose master plugin, it would take an incredibly long time for my computer to calculate where all the polygons will transform to when I'm done posing the model.

Lots of stuff to still learn but will have plenty of fun trying to figuring out everything.