joopson - thanks It's real fun doing a cutesy style.

swankymonkey - cheers man the blade handle and guard are hand drawn but the sheath symbols and the blade are adapted from reference images (so no credit for those bits)

Problem: I've just realised that I've already used up both 512 image maps for the samurai so the detail will have to drop when I add the dragon texture
I'm guessing that the bottoms, feet and hands can lose a lot of detail as well as the sword handle (will often be covered up by the hands) and the sheath (mostly under his arm so not as visible).
I might also remap the sleeves as there isn't much detail but they take a fair amount of space up.
It's good experience to figure these things out now and not when its nearly finished!