I like to read the criticisms on these models, as it's very educational no matter how they're expressed. I find the combination of the grabs with the ladder rest (learned about that from Ed Rappe during a recent Atlas F7 post) actually more jarring than the color contrast, which seems to be an easy fix.
At least these look like E8s, have you seen the freakazoid abominations Lionel tries to pass off as E8s?
