I like this avatar really much. It's so much better than some unoriginal weapons
And now it's even less original generic-dood-aiming-his-gun-at-you. :/ Also, orange doesn't go well with bluish-grey BG of soldat forums. If you wanna keep the current avatar - I suggest adding a solid dark BG instead of just a star.
I liked weapon avatar better because
1) it was made by you from scratch and
2) it was made really well compared to other pixel weapons.
Since you make a lot of wep mods, I think wep avatar suits you better. :S