I'm now happy with the timing of my keyframes in my blockomatic and am moving on to the next phase. I am attempting to follow the technique outlined by Victor Navone in his splinophilia tutorials. This technique is to move through the animation using first stepped keys, followed by turning areas of action to linear and then smooth keys, first starting with the backbones one at a time then the legs and arms last, this method is favoured by animation directors as it makes keeping a coherent style easier, and therefore since this is my final student project I wanted to at least attempt it. If you want to know more about the method, check out Navone's blog (its in my links section).