I really dont want to offend here but im going to have to attack the hair (just a little
)..
First of all, the large singular spike is odd.. ever see an advert where this girl/guy couldnt get a piece of her to go down? it would just keep spiking up, this one piece. He/she was having a bad hair day.
Also there is a clump of hair behind his ear? like he is wearing a hair-net.
On a lighter note, there is definate improvement from the first image, notably the head has been fixed and doesnt look as though he is taking a huge inhale, the legs.. somehwat fixed.. though still need work.. they look out of proportion with eachother to me. The shading in the blade is quite decent.
Take a look at broadswords/great swords, if thats a 2-handed weapon then the shaft should be longer to compensate for the size of his hands..
And blah blah blah blah blah..
Keep going!
PS: by far for me, hair was and is the hardest thing on a character to get looking good, but practice really does make (near enough) perfect!