Quote: "made in Cinema 4D."
Great choice, you got good support from me and BigAdd here
Quote: "I know it's simple"
But its got style
Its a nice simple model for a start. I am in the progress of making Cinema 4D tutorials, but in the meantime, you may find it very useful to visit.
http://www.c4dcafe.com
Its got a lot of good tutorials and support, I'm on there as 'seppuku arts'
and you got
http://www.renderosity.com
I'm on there too as 'seppuku05'
both have good beginner tutorial support and you can discuss tutorials and get advice from forums on both, the people at c4dcafe are really friendly and give good advice at request.