For what it's worth, I think it's fine work. I've seen more than a few minis at CS that don't look as nice as that. Keep up the good work.
Completely agree, excellent work as always Phil. I'm looking forward to seeing it in person, although nice job on the photo-fu as well!
In regards to there being some mechs on CS that don't look as good, usually those are very old submissions (2003) and their standards weren't nearly as high as they are now. I hope they eventually remove those, but then again, I kind of like them. I know for certain I've turned out at least a couple minis at a higher level than some of those very early CS ones, so I can justify my own lack of skills by assuring myself that 10 years ago I could have been a camospecs artist!! Yeah, that's what I tell myself, sad, I know.
How many did you submit, Phil? I noticed you only posted a couple of them on here. Are you going to (or are you allowed to) post these to the CBT boards as well?