POLL: Last Painter Standing 2 - The Final Round

I want to start by saying this is a great exercise! So much talent and enthusiasm… well done, to all involved.

Something that I haven't seen mentioned yet is mech selection. I understand that each contestant was sent several (randomly?) selected mechs; this is a great strength of the contest, not only because it give us (the viewers) a wide and interesting variety of stuff to look at, but also it allows the painters an additional opportunity to strategize with their effort. In the nose art round, for example, painters wanted to use mechs that had large, flat spaces available for the noseart. In this round, it seems to be critically important because Dazzle lends itself to creating a mishmashed, hard-to-gauge form and outline. I agree with previous posts that the painting is superb on both, but it might be worth also considering stuff like actual mech design, as well as modeling and reposing, when deciding upon a victor.

I've been following this since the beginning, but not chimed in until now largely due to the unfortunate coincidence in my name. Honestly, it has no relationship to how i vote. ;)