Something Special, Something New

Here is the start of a special project that I am doing for a decent chap. He said to me do something and like your imagination go wild and this is the start of it. Now I dont want to say too much at this stage but you might have a guess at what this is. I can say that I am looking forward to this developing and I am very happy with the sketch so far. Next stage is to get a lick of paint on him and get some colour into him. I wonder what it could be?