i wanted to start using blender but it seems like all the helpful looking tutorials linked on their site are locked behind a paywall. therefore, i made my first thing, using only information i could find in the free tutorial vids.
behold, the Piece Of stuff 5000

made entirely with these babies:


(please recommend me free tutorials that i can use to get into blender ;_;)
I personally avoid blender at all costs for my weapons, as I find it a royal pain in the ass to learn all its features. Simplicity-wise, I suggest you make your models in sketchup, and then export to blender. Sketchup has very useful tools for low poly modeling, especially for stuff for blockland. You'd save tons of time doing it this way and all you'd have to figure out in blender is how to export.
Hope this is somewhat helpful or a useful alternative.