Ah! You sly dog! You thought my five brain cells wouldn't notice your attempt to lure me into 3D mods, eh? :p
I'll stick with figuring out the limits of emblems with the conning towers as they are. It's enough of a learning curve for me at this time to draw and paint with a graphics app. It feels very unnatural for me not to actually be touching a real pencil or brush to the paper/canvas. I fear that even using a graphics tablet is very little help in rewiring my brain to work in a different spatial orientation between my eyes and hand.
However, once I do finally get comfortable with digital art, I have ambitions eventually of moving into 3D work. I even have my Blender DVD that I put together for when that day comes. (Sooner, rather than later, I hope.)
Thanks for your insight, privateer.