Very nice...I'm impressed your first Maya project is nothing less than a character from scratch.

The fingers look bony to me, and I would straighten out the thumbs before attempting to rig it.

Updated Version - Beta 1.0 Fixes: Back, legs, pecs, armpits, face, fingers

And mesh pics for 10-4... It cameout pretty clean I'm surprised


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Not really, the technique is that you start of the box then add divisions to create the main bulk of the character, then you add divisions to create muscles, You create just half of the model. After you done you mirror the half and smooth it so that maya adds resolution automatically

This is what it looks like before smoothing and mirroring... i created this mesh - then smoothed it.

Wow... You went and modeled all of those sirations.  You are a glutton for punishment.

Maybe you don't have a large budget, but you should look closely at some displacement-based sculpting software to compliment your work in Maya.

The expensive ones are ZBrush and Mudbox.  But are you aware that there are options out there as low as $120?

Check out www.3d-coat.com and nevercenter.com (Silo2).  I own ZBrush and Silo2 and ZBrush is king.  But if you can't afford it's $500 price tag, Silo2 is an excellent alternative.  And it's also a killer polygon modeler with great UV tools to boot.

I bring all this up because all of that detailed geometry is going to make your rigging and animation experience 2 or 3 times more painful than it needs to be.