I don't have the link at hand, but Google Eric Maslowski head tutorial. There's a good chapter on uv mapping and texturing (though based on Max... lol)
that would probably be true :) dont have that much time to sketch around though will probably stay with a already complete design this time but thanks for the tip Eric :)
Thanks Eric! Yes, I want to add height variation, it will be kind of subtle though. Most bricks in real life dont (or shouldnt :D) stick out too much haha