hehe yeah agreeing with Slosh, this is awesome and very well done, but most of the newer league characters are sitting around 9-12k tris........for the entire character. =P
Not sure if this would help, but take a look at this [ame=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPFasKnbSFc&list=PLTjhBiJe1i2GlZ96fHMj7aQO_YlsZFBBW&ab_channel=AutodeskGamesSolutionsLearningChannel"]tutorial[/ame]. Forward to 9:35
All I can say is make sure you're rendering in DirectX 9 mode, not Nitrous, or DirectX 10. ( go to Customize>Preferences...>Viewports>Choose Driver...)
It would be a cool idea to maybe do some topics along the lines of : Make something that would fit into the district 9 universe, or any allready established universe.