how do you get a picture of your character then put it as your avatar here? :confused:

Take a screen shot of your character. See this post for the how-to's of screenshots:
http://www.vmkforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=553

Then you should have cropped your picture to be the size you want for the avatar. Save it to somewhere on your hard drive. Go to the "user CP" button above. On the left, click on "edit avatar". Click on "use custom avatar". There is a button that says "browse". Click on it, find your file, and click "open". Then click on "save changes". That should do it. :)

Thanks I will try that.