Cheers guys.

THX - Yarr, think that i'll give it a go! Need to make a nice sorta slimey fishey sorta texture for his skin.

I'm thinking of giving him a starfish on the side of his face, some barnicels, etc etc, just thinking of modeling them sepperatly then just "placing" them in the right places, that way I can texture them sepperatly and hopefully have more control over the final look