Ereitz: Thanks for the info a lot, I read through first link you gave and that makes sense. I don't know how good I can replicate it, but I'll give it a go!
EagleKing: Thanks so much, this is actually the first 'character' model I've ever attempted thats not part of a tutorial, so I appreciate the comments a lot.
Witchy: I've been to Mike's site a few times and have looked at some of his free tuts there, I'll check out the rigging one as well. He is quite good at this stuff and hopefully I can be too someday, with much practice.