HOW Ready2Fight Contest - Swordsmen

This is my entry for the HOW - Ready2Fight Contest :

H.O.W. READY 2 FIGHT fanart contestIn collaboration with :iconcrossover-kingdom:, this is the...
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READY 2 FIGHT fanart contest
Organized by :iconFallenangelgm:
Judges: :iconFallenAngelGM: & :iconHaganenochibisan:

What is it about?
A fanart contest with the characters of our manga project HEART OF WILDFIRE with the main theme of FIGHTING!

1st prize:  90$ USD or 36-Month Premium or 7200 points
2nd prize: 60$ USD or 24-Month Premium or 4800 points
3rd prize: 30$ USD or 12-Month Premium or 2400 points
A 3-Month Premium will be given to 5 entries as HONORABLE MENTIONS

NUMBER OF ENTRIES ALLOWED: NO LIMIT

DEADLINE: JULY 31st, 11:59PM (GMT -5H00)

GUIDEL

held by *FallenAngelGM. I had to draw at least one of the characters from the manga project Heart of Wildfire. I decided to draw all the swordsmen, because i like swordsmen. So here are Mariciel, Sahn, Misaora, Tairo and Ryo.
Actually i really like the characters, they were really pleasant to draw, especially Tairo and Ryo, though i failed his hair (they are the two brown haired guys)
_{no i don't prefer Ryo, dont say this}

I wanted to cross all their swords to begin with but i failed, as always :>

I had to "insert" the logo of HOW in the drawing, so i made it end the flam coming from the sword (and also as Tairo's brooch). I really had a lot of fun searching for pose references or trying to design their clothes.
I started this with Mariciel, then drew Sahn, Misaora, Tairo and then Ryo, i really think i improved during that time lol.
I used like 120 layers fdfkdgkd
I'm not totally satisfied by the background but i like the way i did the fire, so well...

Hope you'll like it >3<
REQUEST CRITIQUES for the first time ever _{on blue-ray *go hang myself*}

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Now that i did this, i'm gonna kill myself by drawing too much of my new ocs