How to build an N64 character model piece by piece

[Fotomac]

Hi! I'm new to 3D character modeling, period, so I was hoping for a tutorial on building an N64 character model from scratch, piece by piece. Should I start with the face, the chest, or the feet? I was kind of leaning towards the feet myself. If we're to start with the feet, I'd like to know how to make a foot-in-Mary-Jane mesh which I was hoping to use for two of the characters in a game I've been trying to develop for some time now.