Just this morning, I had an inspiration to sprite something. That something being the highly dangerous
SA Sniper Joes. Several hours of on and off work later, I bring you the fruit of my efforts:

These sprites are 100% scratch; that's right, I may have used the style of the Zero series, but only used the sprites as reference. It took some effort, and even now I'm not perfectly satisfied with them, but compared to earlier works, I can't help but feel proud at how they turned out.
And now, discuss. Suggestions are more than welcome.