Modelling in 3d studio max

I have started to look at modelling my objects in 3d. Here are some screen shots from 3d max, I looked more at tutorials for lofting, as there are probably quite a few ways to make this shape.







One part of the project that is going to be very hard is making one object appear beneath another one. As if it’s the same

After talking to Katina in tutorials I’ve decided that the objects list is very long and to make all this in 3d and make it look realistic just is not possible in the time given this is my first 3d project also.