Polycount Character Challenge!

So I've decided to participate in the Polycount community character challenge here. The subject is actually a Medieval foot soldier so I've put the previous project on hold. It might be cool to create a scene with two characters in but for now I'm focusing on the Polycount challenge. Here's where I am so far:

Concept is here. I've started the challenge pretty late but it's going well so far! I'm hoping to have it finished before March so there should be quite a few updates in the coming days!