Okay! Sorry for the delay; I've been dealing with a major personal crisis, and that sort of shoved everything to the backburner temporarily.

I have conferred with a friend of mine, and the winners have been decided. Since there were only two entrants, and we had such trouble deciding, I'm combining the 2nd and 3rd place prizes.

1st place is still 120k and 5/9ths of my remaining items.
2nd place is now ~69k, and 4/9ths of my remaining items.

Since I currently have 39 items, that's 20 to first place, and 16 to second. Since there's three left over, it becomes 22 and 17. These items will be randomized as to who goes to what with the exception that if I have multiples of an item, I'll try to make sure both of you get at least one each.

Without further ado, the first place winner is Chikyu: with their picture of Adrenia. Both my friend and I had a very, very difficult time deciding this, but in the end, the beautiful color usage of the backdrop was what tipped the scales. Excellent composition, and congratulations. :)

Second place goes to Nephila: with their drawings of Red, Glory, Merron, Adrenia, and Kerole. You blew me away, and I had serious, serious trouble deciding between the picture of Adrenia, and especially the picture of Merron, which is perfectly how I pictured him.

I really can't state enough how close this was, and how much I appreciate both of you for entering. I created an imgur album of the entries I received here, for anyone curious. (The last one got uploaded by accident due to clerical error, as it wasn't actually a contest entry.)

Thank you again to everyone that entered, or even considered entering. :)