Daleks and Canals

So I've started the course and I'm both nervous and excited. I've already cried over 3ds Max. I've decided it is the devils program, and I'm pretty confused with it all but I'm trying to be patient with it. I've decided I must really care about getting the hang of it if it can frustrate me this much.
Here is the Dalek I made in the end:

I'm not entirely happy with it as I've clearly gone way above the tri limit with all of the spheres, and I should have used the reference images more as it isn't quite right, but I'm pleased with my progress so far as I've gone from crying in the bathroom to actually making something that looks like a Dalek. Perhaps 3ds max isn't that bad.

As for the drawing, we had to go out and draw one of the bridges at the canal. I really enjoyed my time sitting at the canal and drawing. It was very peaceful.

Here are some thumbnail sketches of the canal, I'm not sure I've got it right as I got carried away with detail on most of them, next time I'll work more on the perspective:

Here is my final drawing: