I also really like Michael LaFosse's mantis (how did he get it so elegant???), Akira Yoshizawa's gorrila, all of Eric Joisel's figures and all of Giang Dinh's figures, I can't choose which. I also like Nguyen Hung Cuong's buffalo alot. (The one on his flickr, not the other one). Robert J Lang also has some very nice birds also (especially the night-hunter).
In my opinion the supreme technical skill of people like Satoshi Kamiya and Robert J Lang and so on is astounding. But I think that Ryu Zin is over detailed and over done, as are many other super complex models.
I do think complexity is necessary to get the defining features of a creature (a grasshopper with 4 legs?? Wut??), but one shouldn't go overboard with the indistinct features.
Please don't take offence, I know many of you love Satoshi Kamiya, this is just my opinion
