Excellent model and texture. I mean outstanding. Rigging is the weak part. Typically, you want all bones in a single armature and one armature modifier on the model. And deformation by envelopes is not a good way to go.

Dx3_1979: armatures are not my forte, not yet anyway ;-) The good news is that they should be simple to replace and improve on this model, if someone has the need.

Awesomeness,,love to study this

do you have the tutorial this blend octopus?

i noticed that some arms in the mesh are stretched out weirdly when it's posed... in fact, you can see it in the picture.

impressive use of subsurface modifier!

Hey man, the materials don't seem to load anymore.. Just get a grey model.