UPDATE 5/1

Big update, modeling is complete. I am in the process of texturing everything, the majority of my textures will be hand painted. I recently picked up a new work-flow in Photoshop that allows me to fairly quickly paint accurate textures. I will be using Crazy Bump to make normal  maps for everything.

Hopefully I will have enough time to rig/animate my character.

 My Textures:

Sample Renders (still in progress):

I plan on completing most of the texturing by this Wednesday for critique.