For the longest time I've wanted to start modding, but never really found a project I wanted to work on to get myself started. Well, now I finally found something I want to make, because as far as I can tell it doesn't really "exist" yet.

I'm going to try and create a craftable wooden pipe that you can equip, and that works with all races (Vanilla skeletons). Making the actual mesh isn't that hard, I already got a basic form down (seen http://puu.sh/5Idvh) but I was just wondering if any of you guys knew a tutorial on creating and texturing items I could use, because frankly I don't know where to go from here. Thanks!

*The current mesh looks a little goofy, and I still need to remove some polys, but other than that I just need to export, texture and add it to the game.