very nice, godslayer! my only concern is that your facial anatomy seems to demonstrate a desire to show all the features from the front or profile, and brought out into full view, even in places where they should be turned away and partly obscured (mostly eyes, the farther ones should be set back in every instance.
ryu - also great. one thing about the last bit though - it is from a book? the extensors seem a little too engaged for someone who is turning the hand down - my understanding is that those bulge when the hand goes up. but anyway if it is from a book i guess it must be true? just an interesting thing.
I''ve also got chicken arms, so my engaged might be another man's slack.