I’m new to blender… new to 3D modeling in general actually, so please don’t laugh if the answer to this question is… obvious…:o How to you subdivide meshes. I’ve looked everywhere but I can’t seen to find how.
Using Blender Version 2.44
Well… you should be able to find it searching… tsk tsk… but I"ll tell you.
Press W in edit mode, then choose subdivide.
There’s two ways:
To subdivide a specific part: In mesh editing mode, select the bits you want to divide and press “W” to bring up a mesh menu. Sub-Divide is at the top.
There’s also a modifier called “Subsurface” that subdivides the entire mesh. You can read more about it here… http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Manual/Subsurf
and you could add and then apply multires 
LetterRip
Thanks everyone.