If it's a spotlight, increase the punumbra angle. Otherwise, you would probably want to play with decay settings. Note that when you change to a linear decay or whatever, you'll need to up the...

No idea. Maybe reset your poly cube options?

Looks like you had some extra vertices or something before subdividing.

You can do that if you wish, but the challenge is character animation. If a character is not animated, it will not be considered at the end.

Probably shouldnt do too much more modeling. It's getting to a point where rigging/animation really needs to get started if you want to finish. :)

I would think Premier or whatever would have a setting for playback speed.

I would imagine the rigging and the walk cycle vids would be a good place to start. :) Thanks for supporting the site!

Looking forward to it!