Hi dann-o  great post.

About the chractrs, looks like you have modelling of the details down pat.
What I was noticing i that the fces of your characters seem to come from the same basic head shape.  Especially when it comes tothe brow and the nose bridg area.
I think you could bring out a lot oe out of your characters if you experimented with a diferent approach, avery different head/face shape.
I'm not sure if the 'look' is the result of your modelling technique and habit, or if it was more deliberate.
there are coupl books I really like, and use a lot when I handle characters (which I've only one in hand drawing so far) are dynmic anatomy by Burne Hogarth
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=br_ss_hs/102-1874095-4730525?platform=gurupa&url=index%3Dblended&keywords=dynamic+anatomy&Go.x=12&Go.y=11
Actually I have the first 5 books on that list...
The other one is: Artists guide to facial expression, by: Gary Faigin
http://www.amazon.com/Artists-Complete-Guide-Facial-Expression/dp/0823016285/sr=8-1/qid=1159593119/ref=sr_1_1/102-1874095-4730525?ie=UTF8&s=books

they all go over the head shapes and bone structures, and the likely viewer emotional response to what they see. Us humans tnt to be wied somewhat alike in how we interpret faces. We learn it as babies. Good charactern artists are aware of it and use it to their advantage. Subtly guide us to loving or hating a character.

After getting a handle of what makes a normal face expressive, to make characters, I went and dug into a few guide books on caricatures.

I did some caricarure sculpting in polymer clays, and at first even though I would hit on some of the likeness characteristics, for a while I had mostof my characters have the same or similr 'toy story-ish' face shape.  it took someeading experimenting and rustration to get past the facial mold I was getting by sticking to a technique I as familiar with.  i have a long way to go still, but beore I was aware of it, I had no chnce of expanding the abilities.

Anyway, that's one thing that stuck out at me, and something I thought I could relate to.

Let me guess, by yourtechnique I'd say you had some great modelling advice and mentoring by Don Tatro? Great and very talented guy, huh?

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