Well be glad you could read LOTR, I had to read "native dutch literature", which are basically sobstories about how miserable life is and so on.
Well have made some progress on the body ( for some reason I always put off on the hands and feet), it's just to establish the correct volumes ( but I can't resist in detailing somewhat to get a clearer picture)and proportions, at this point I won't be bothering much with gesture since I will be rigging the character( at some point -rigging equals tedious -).
Even though it's a rough block in, please feel free to comment, or even better do a draw over...an image says 100 times more than words.