Get rigged and textured!!!
I have gone slightly insane and added a rig to the backpack....why you may ask? By doing a basic rig for the pack I am able to avoid the pack looking rigged and non-organic, after all the pack is a hollowed out human torso and would have a certain amount of give due to it's organic material.
I have also done some considerable work on the textures and they are nearing completion with only the texture for the limbs in the backpack really remaining...oh and the eyes but overall the colour maps will be done by Monday meaning that the specular will be done easily by mid week. The plan is to also finish the weight painting by Friday to make way for 5 days of intensive animating and making the scene to place him into for final render for the show reel!!!
