Also, just because he's not as good as some people, doesn't mean he deserves being flamed, especially when it's totally unhelpful to the whole situation.
If you have nothing nice to say, or you can't give him helpful advice, stfu and gtfo.
NO YOU!
I dont really think he will be good , no offence but taking a car from a site and then saying its yours ?
Not good.
But good that you dont do it anymore =P
But yeah I dont have any advice
it's good that you're expirementing with bumpmaps, but make them relevant to the render. try adding textures to the tori, and use the same texture as the bumpmap, it makes for a pretty good effect.