Hi! I think the pose currently looks too stiff and lacks narrative (what's happening here?). Maybe take a step back from the highpoly, and blockout/ sketch different poses with focus on expression and narrative, look at miniatures and statues for inspiration. Could act out different pose yourself, see how it feels and…
maybe open the pose up a bit more; imo he's too closed in. The dead snake will be a good amount of work (you're doubling the amount of characters now), think carefully if it's within the scope of this project. Add terrain, rocks or similar, as filler on your pedestal so you know where everything goes You can look at raf's…