A few points or observations....

The face has a strong character which works well. Good use of lighting as always.
I think the arm needs work as it seems to need a bit more muscle definition and the hand and wrist seem a bit awkward. I think the sky tones around his head creating an aura of sorts seems a bit contrived and maybe is not needed. I'd also like a bit more room on the top and left side.
All that being said, it is good artwork George but I think it could be stronger.

Good work here. It's great to see how much you've improved over the years.
One thing though, dude, I'd like to see guys who don't look like yourself or your brother in your paintings one of these days There's gotta be more models out there who are willing to pose for you!

Very good light, I like his expression too. I might that say the whole scene seems a bit too clean for me Also the wrist could use some shadow - as TruMyEyes has mentioned - it looks akward.
And the blood from the spear seems to be dripping in a weird way. I'm not sure if it would look like that in reality.

ThruMyEyez: Thank you for your honesty; I definitely agree with your critique regarding the muscle definition and awkward pose of the wrist.

killadore: Thank you As for using myself as reference, I actually do that intentionally; I have to admit I dig painting myself in a fantasy setting, and I also feel it adds a lot of personality to my work.

katea: Thank you. As for the clean look, I tried to break it up by adding some texture work here and there, perhaps I should have taken it a step further... I agree with your critiques as well, thanks for posting

good work.
the background is awesome.
agree with Gary about the arm and hand anatomy.

Nice color, great ambience! but the blood hanging over the spearhead looks more like the icicles, too concretionary I think

Great pic!

One major issue though: The blood is completely unrealistic. Real blood doesn't drip like syrup. It runs like water, down the blade and handle, assuming there's even that much to begin with. It's more likely it would leave a patchy thin layer of red on the metal, with no real indication of any liquid dripping in any way.

I suggest (if your art is important to you), you take a couple hours to draw a small amount of your own blood and experiment with it. (be safe though. use a sterile syringe) Blood is VERY difficult to get right, and sometimes you just have to see it for yourself.

NIce idea and colors, dude. The arm look strange, like Master Gary said, all the rest it´s nice.

Great stuff. I really like the bg colour scheme and the way you did the hills. Wicked lighting too. The spears are a nice touch too...a sense of great numbers without any people visible. Bravo

Another great work!
The ones above really said most of the important things... so i will only congratulate you! ^^
Well done with materials and lighting.
I agree with Andy about the spears, its really nice!
An atom tiny crit: in the close-up face picture... the is a drop of blood dripping trought the eyebrow. the blood should stop and maybe gather a bit on the eyebrow, because thats the role of it, to stop dripping stuff in your eyes.^^
And also... i think a shield would have a some sort of handle, so the user can control it. As you drawn it would just go round the wrist.

S.P.

Wonderful lighting!!....beautiful work George!
Carlos

Great! Lights are superbe! I'm not sure that was the "hair and shave fashion style" in ancient Spartan time, but it can work
I agree with Xid about the blood.