Chris and I went to a Maya/Shake seminar last month and I got interested in 3D animation again. We got a learning edition disc at the seminar (also free on their web site) and I installed it and have done a few of the tutorials.
The temple is composed of basic elements: 8-sided cylinder, half spheres, torus, etc...
The hammer began as a simple cube, and then I extracted sides and made modifications according to the tutorials to shape the head.
The egg cup is made by create a curve, and then spinning it to form the shape.
Right now, I am working on the Egg Head, where I take a elongated sphere and push and pull sections to make a face.