Woah, that cape is starting to look great. Only thing that seems off is some of the shading, but you said it's a WIP so I won't go on about it. Really digging everything you're showing off there, armor looks loads better, textures look badace, can't really find any flaws to point out. Getting more hype.
Oh God yes, finally I can cut what I will in Brawl. Although Black Raiden still has a couple of issues, like the head still being flipped and the sheathe with iffy textures (not sure what's up there with a solid black), I still like the quality on the imports, great job, definite download from me.
I usually don't like posting too frequently in the same thread, but I had to mention this:
I noticed in the poll you put "geico (Metal Gear)over TREX YOSHI PSA". While this made me laugh a little, I just want to say that the actual name is 'Gekko'.
So... dreams do come true... Glad to see you're back! Been wondering when you'd update again. And all those hacks... no words. Their beauty is self-explanatory.
I gotta go with Black Raiden and PP Snake for my choice though. I'm all hype for Metal Gear.
Vanguard Ike's done! The model is 90% done, but he needs a lot of texture work. This was very quick because I could reuse some parts from the hero model, and the expressions and weapons are the same. Here's how the model looks right now: