Wow, this one took me a long time to do, the better half of an afternoon. I have chosen a different set of chess pieces to what is being done in the lectures, so I have attached my reference picture to show what I was trying to model.
I used boolean modifiers for the eye, nostril and ear, one thing I learnt here is that with the mirror modifier, the order of the modifiers matter.
Also been having some fun playing with the textures.