Some of the tutorials on this site are free. Some you need to buy with points. I am a little confused when you say all of the ask you to log in afterwards?
Here is a great site to get you started they have many tutorials from beginer to advanced.
http://members.shaw.ca/lightwavetutorials/Main_Menu.htm
Newtek's site also has many good tutorials to get you going on lightwave.
http://newtek.com/community/tutorials.html
Feel free to ask specific or general questions here. We are more than glad to help in lightwave
