SP_0010 Space Marines 01

Hmmm... needed to do something of my own to see if all this speed painting practice is actualy paying off.
I think i've improved a little, so far as tone and composition is concerned... I still need an AWFUL lot of work though. Especialy in the areas of colour, mark making and tightening up a painting without killing it.

Incredibly pissed off seeing as i actualy did a better version of this image, but my computer crashed and i hadn't saved, so i had to repaint it from scratch.

40 minutes
no reference
Wacom Graphire3
Photoshop7

Murphy ( ^.^)/~~~

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edit:
Ok, so per *Haemoncul's suggestions, i've boosted up the contrast around the guy on the left to lift him out of the background, Added a few more highlights, and cleaned up the left edges of both characters.
I'm still not going to touch the background though. I just don't have the skill to do backgrounds / landscapes at the moment.