This is an excellent peice. I like the axe, it is not uncommon for an axe head to be painted black withonly the ground edge being silver.
Composition wise the head is facing the wrong direction, he should be looking to the left. Now, there is no story. He doesn't make you think "what's he looking at?"
first of all: great piece jen!
second: figurephenatix, saying you can't critisize what you can't do is like saying you can't dislike music just because you can't play an instrument.
one can always critisize, but it should be constructive critisizm not just telling someone how ugly you think their paintjob is. that's just going to hurt people.
I cant critisize what I cant do (like some people I see), the figure is wonderful. I love the shoulder pad effects and overall, this figure is inspiring, keep up the great work!