I was feeling that there was too much black, but for some reason I couldn't bring the other methods to my brain. You're right about the chunky feel of the pickaxes. I will see about fixing them up first.
[Edit] August 9, 2010::
I've finished up my experimentation on the first pickaxe and uploaded the best of them.
[Edit] August 16, 2010::
I've made two variations on the fire pickax, and created a gold pickax. Also included the best of the first pickaxes. I'll be releasing a "best" and "simple" version of an organized asset-pack.
[Edit] August 9, 2010::
I've finished up my experimentation on the first pickaxe and uploaded the best of them.
[Edit] August 16, 2010::
I've made two variations on the fire pickax, and created a gold pickax. Also included the best of the first pickaxes. I'll be releasing a "best" and "simple" version of an organized asset-pack.