I've done a ton of other stuff in 3d so far, but this is just a little update as to where I'm at.
I forgot to hide the laser beam geometry before I rendered it but I didn't feel like sitting there for another 15 mins just to make a new video of it :P
I've learned so flippin much already, I'm anxious to finish up the tutorial so I can work on something of my own. I'm maybe 1/3rd of the way through it so far. So hopefully I'll be done in another month or two haha :P