This is good, I like your anime sort of style with this one. The hair looks excellent, probably the most detailed part of this. Its all detailed great though, the cuts on the face are good, the sash looks well drawn, and what you can see of the sword seems to be good too. I dont know, I guess I would have rather see the full body sketch for this, it would have made this alot cooler in my opinion. But good thing on his eyes, you did remember he was blind and drawed that correctly.

I like the idea. He looks a bit beat up there. I like the style and the originality in the conceptual stage but I think it could use a bit of a clean up and there are some slight proportional problems with the facial features. Great job though: 4/5!

I agree he does look a little "beat up", which I like.
As Crow said, the hair is most likely the most detailed part of this, and looks very good.
Of course, the rest looks good too, but I would say that's the most outstanding part.
It looks to me, however, that his shoulders are awfully small, and kind of an odd shape. At least to me anyway.

The sash however, is another thing that I love. Looks good, simple as that (even if on the wrong side, as you said).

Good job.