I've been following Mike's advice to finish my torso before stiching the arm and staying in high res.
Ive started over compleately on the model as I wanted the model to be simpler (i guess easier to work with).
Im still haveing results I cannot find an solution for.

everything goes along just as it is in the tut, until I do the global stitch. At this point I get the arm to look correct, no problem, however it does not attach to the body and none of the other parts of the body recombine. see first picture:

Then If I try to duplicate the arm does not duplicate with the body pieces.
Any advice?