Tenebris: Beginning character set-up

Beginning to setup Tenebris. I'm using what I learnt rigging Cindy for this rig. This will ultimately be the most simple rig known to man, but I just need to make something that I can just about animate with. I would love to get good at rigging, and actually find it quite interesting, but I find it really frustrating when it doesn't work ( which is either just periodically, or whenever I try something vaguely adventurous). I'd much rather spend my time on the animation process.