Battle for Bikini Bottom Rips

[Garamonde]

I just started watching this tutorial (obviously you'll want to watch the rest or most of the parts after the first because it'll teach you a few things about models in general too) the other day so I could get to grips with stuff when I went to fix Charizard, so I'm sure it will help you.
(Yes it's for 2010, but the interface is mostly the same as 2009 so you shouldn't have too much trouble, plus like it says this really is the best tutorial on 3DS Max you can find)