WoOT stout characters own the last page! Here's another one. Painted this after looking at some Three Kingdoms stuff and Chinese armor.. but he came out looking Arabian.. Ah well.
Yes, it is. Or you might know him by Budai Luohan(the Chinese name), Hotei being the Japanese pronunciation. Common misconception seeing this statue as Buddha, but for arguments sake he is known as the "Laughing Buddha" The statue of Buddha, i.e. Gautama Buddha(the original Buddha) is this: But anyway, haha :p