@Scriver Next time, let him pin it to his nipples. They are bound to be pointy if he is wearing that in the snow. It's just a wee bit nippily out! He must be the poorest man in Skyrim if he can't afford clothes!
by radthorne Metal bikini? by deilan12 I don't care if you are a pyromancer- going into battle in that little is crazy. by kidkidkidkid Yeah… that should have no problems staying on… whatsoever. redacted because bewbs…. sorry! And I know this is for Mass Effect, but one of the women on the bed has an ass that really IS smoking!
Maybe the adventurer ladies in bikini are just going to the beach.... well thinking better a metal bikini and being exposed to the sun doesn't seem to be a very good idea...
@Qbert. Yes, I just realized you could see one character's breasts pretty clearly. Sorry about that! That picture was cluttered enough that I didn't realize at first!
@Qbert No problems. I was more amused by the lady with smoke coming out of her rear end. I mean, when your ass is *literally* smoking, you might have some problems! Robot malfunction?
by Alexnegrea I am fairly certain that bustline would make problems for her when drawing that bow… by JDelNido If obly he'd done more to cover her chest rather than straps covering her nipples… by destinyfall Yeah, not human, but how does that skirt stay up when he walks?
by lordcoyote Amazon vs Valkyrie= excuse to draw bewbs by XiaoBotong Warrior in armor that protects… almost nothing. Bad show, old chap. by dcwj Armor or mage robes, that is one of the least impractical versions of either I have ever seen. Armor made out of the carapace of some kind of creature, and she couldn't forgo the whole push-up bra. by WarrenLouw I don't care how powerful that sword is, that armor hardly protects *anything*. by nikkyfreaky Ugh. Armor should embrace you, but this goes into "Armor that molests you". by beaver-skin Armor, mage robes or fetish gear- YOU DECIDE! by yayashin Um… I am guessing another excuse to draw BEWBS the size of melons by VinogradovAlex Yeah… another set of bikini armor. You better hope your swordsmanship is supernatural before YOU go into combat! by sktneh This is supposed to be a cleric. But even clerics need armor- not sideless, slit down to there minidresses. by G-r-a-f-i-t-a-r-t Even Archer elves need some armor, lady!
@Nonnahswriter I guess that it was boobs and not boob because you have two ladies in the picture
Actually this remembers me of my current PC, Valhalla, a Valkyrie, but she uses Full Plate Mail... And if it wasn't for all the nice immunities BG2's helmets give I bet I would use her with the WINGS06 item instead.
@LadyRhian Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong at all with two ladies and four boobs in one picture. Heck, we could have three women or four or five, and that's a total of up to ten boobs!
I was more poking-fun at the idea of drawing an amazon for the sake of "bewbs," when the legends say that amazon archers cut off one boob so they can aim better. Soooo... If the artist wanted to draw a woman for sake of boobs, drawing an amazon would almost seem counter-productive, as there would be one-less boob!
By the way, something that came to mind, you people really don't want "realistic" fantasy art.
If you want to go super realistic, then give the female warriors greasy short hair since most couldn't afford to bathe except nobles and even those would bathe like once a week at the very best and once a month would be far more common. They would cut it short too since it requires less maintenance and doesn't give an advantage to the enemy.
Broken yellow teeth, scars, missing fingers, broken noses and other "realistic" side-effects of being a warrior that has seen tons of battle and lived to tell the tale. Or did you think that warriors that adventure have time or the mood to comb their hair and brush their teeth?
Also give them short mustaches, you know ladies what kind I'm talking about. The one that you wax. How about some armpit hair too?
Yes, this is pretty much how a "realistic" warrior would look like. Even kings were filthy and gross by modern standards. Imagine an adventuring warrior, not even a knight. And even the Lord of the Rings movies are unrealistic in some amount.
Even a beautiful female warrior would look like most women that wake up in the morning (no makeup, messed up hair, dark circles under their eyes) and worse in regards to their appearance.
And if the issue is about armor, then every female warrior should be wearing the same unisex, bland, grey, steel plate or chain shirt or leather armor that every man is wearing since it's the most practical in combat. Also it would most likely stink with sweat, dried blood and general adventuring filth. I doubt adventurers wash their armors after every single battle.
Then only the face would be different and most likely like the one I described above. Something like that. Yeah, that's a woman and not a young man... I think:
My point is that sexy fantasy art has its place and it's exactly that. Fantasy. Sure, bikini plate is not my favorite but I'm not going to bash it or make fun of it. Maybe it's because I'm a man.
@Nonnahswriter I got it. I was joking on how, since female Amazons cut off one breast, there should only be three bewbs among the two women. That's why we are suffering from two (too) much bewbage.
@Archaos I object more to armor that does not cover the whole body, especially when someone is taking part in combat. Swords and other sharp objects pierce the skin REALLY well. If you are going into combat with half or more of your body exposed, don't expect to leave alive or undamaged. And I expect a warrior would not want to have his (or her) guts ripped out. Yes, the popular image of Conan has him wearing a fur loincloth, but if you read the stories, he wore better armor if and when he could get it. I'd expect any warrior with the least bit of wisdom to know that wearing a plate mail bikini is counter-intuitive to minimizing wounds in battle. Especially when it comes to the belly and abdomen area. A hit there can kill, not only right away, but from sepsis. Yeah, okay, clerical healing in fantasy games can fix that. But even the stupidest warrior would figure out that having to go to the cleric for healing yet another gut wound is ridiculous after the 5th or 6th injury… if they weren't dead yet. And I see nothing wrong with women in realistic armor. Nothing at all. Just don't pretend your woman in an armorkini is a real warrior or for that matter, very intelligent.
And while it's true that people didn't take whole baths a lot in the middle ages, they did at least clean their faces, hands and necks on a daily basis. As for nobility, they had the means to take lots of baths, with servants to carry and heat water, and dedicated tubs. But most towns had bathhouses, and monasteries as well. The idea that medieval people didn't take baths frequently is wrong. Now, that being said, some saints were supposed to have bathed only once a year, but that may have been part of the "Mortification of the Body" that some of them were into. Not only did many monasteries have baths, they also had paid bath attendants that received weekly stipends- which would be ridiculous if few of them bathed.
@LadyRhian That's actually quite interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Though, still a female warrior would most likely look like the picture I put afterwards in my previous post. Bland steel armor that is unisex, except maybe for a skirt on the bottom part (Jeanne D'Arc style). They might had crests on it, though.
And most female warriors would still have cuts, scars, bruises. most likely short as to make wearing helmets easier and deny the enemy a tactical advantage.
And we're talking about the typical warrior adventurer here, not a knight or someone of nobility. Plus adventuring days wouldn't give them the chance to bathe. An expedition might take days or even weeks before they have a place to bathe.
In my DnD campaign, our group needs almost a week to get from town to town or city or to some ruins in the mountains. Then add the blood and gore from battle, mud, sweat from walking and fighting etc. Of course we're not RPing the filthiness, at least not yet.
Again, take the example from the picture I put in my previous post. It's partly the style but if someone told that this was a young man, most would most likely believe it. Provided, it's also the art-style but it's a realistic representation. In other words, a female warrior wouldn't look really feminine or even like a woman behind the armor, short hair and helmet, plus no cosmetics, even medieval ones.
And I'm not sure that I like the idea of female warriors that have almost nothing feminine about them and barely making out that they're female.
Exposing some of their feminine assets is artistic license to me that says "you know, this is actually a woman" and trying to make them sexy. Hence the "need" for boob-windows etc.
And I think that's the thought of many artists. They're not trying to make realistic female warriors. They want to make sexy female warriors because it's more appealing, at least for most men.
On the other hand, the thought of women (in my opinion) is that they see it as objectification of women and less empowering.
That's one reason I don't mind it. It looks appealing to me. It's not realistic or believable but it's nice to look at. Blame my genes. Though I think that many women that are attracted to the same sex as well would find that fantasy armor nice to look at as well.
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"I've got an urgent message for you."
"Let's hear-"
"It's in my pants."
Alternatively: "It's getting a bit drafty out here, innit?"
redacted because bewbs…. sorry! And I know this is for Mass Effect, but one of the women on the bed has an ass that really IS smoking!
Perhaps you should take down that last picture.
Also, the woman with her butt facing toward the viewer - what is going on with her face? is she some sort of cyborg?
I've never played it, so I don't know for certain if a female Captain Shepard has as many choices as the male version...
But if she doesn't I will be VERY DISAPPOINT. =_=
any word on what's going on with the lady?
It's kind of funny how he doesn't have nipples, though.
Actually this remembers me of my current PC, Valhalla, a Valkyrie, but she uses Full Plate Mail... And if it wasn't for all the nice immunities BG2's helmets give I bet I would use her with the WINGS06 item instead.
I was more poking-fun at the idea of drawing an amazon for the sake of "bewbs," when the legends say that amazon archers cut off one boob so they can aim better. Soooo... If the artist wanted to draw a woman for sake of boobs, drawing an amazon would almost seem counter-productive, as there would be one-less boob!
Sorry if my joke wasn't clear. >_>;;
If you want to go super realistic, then give the female warriors greasy short hair since most couldn't afford to bathe except nobles and even those would bathe like once a week at the very best and once a month would be far more common.
They would cut it short too since it requires less maintenance and doesn't give an advantage to the enemy.
Broken yellow teeth, scars, missing fingers, broken noses and other "realistic" side-effects of being a warrior that has seen tons of battle and lived to tell the tale.
Or did you think that warriors that adventure have time or the mood to comb their hair and brush their teeth?
Also give them short mustaches, you know ladies what kind I'm talking about. The one that you wax.
How about some armpit hair too?
Yes, this is pretty much how a "realistic" warrior would look like.
Even kings were filthy and gross by modern standards. Imagine an adventuring warrior, not even a knight.
And even the Lord of the Rings movies are unrealistic in some amount.
Even a beautiful female warrior would look like most women that wake up in the morning (no makeup, messed up hair, dark circles under their eyes) and worse in regards to their appearance.
And if the issue is about armor, then every female warrior should be wearing the same unisex, bland, grey, steel plate or chain shirt or leather armor that every man is wearing since it's the most practical in combat.
Also it would most likely stink with sweat, dried blood and general adventuring filth.
I doubt adventurers wash their armors after every single battle.
Then only the face would be different and most likely like the one I described above.
Something like that. Yeah, that's a woman and not a young man... I think:
My point is that sexy fantasy art has its place and it's exactly that. Fantasy.
Sure, bikini plate is not my favorite but I'm not going to bash it or make fun of it.
Maybe it's because I'm a man.
@Archaos I object more to armor that does not cover the whole body, especially when someone is taking part in combat. Swords and other sharp objects pierce the skin REALLY well. If you are going into combat with half or more of your body exposed, don't expect to leave alive or undamaged. And I expect a warrior would not want to have his (or her) guts ripped out. Yes, the popular image of Conan has him wearing a fur loincloth, but if you read the stories, he wore better armor if and when he could get it. I'd expect any warrior with the least bit of wisdom to know that wearing a plate mail bikini is counter-intuitive to minimizing wounds in battle. Especially when it comes to the belly and abdomen area. A hit there can kill, not only right away, but from sepsis. Yeah, okay, clerical healing in fantasy games can fix that. But even the stupidest warrior would figure out that having to go to the cleric for healing yet another gut wound is ridiculous after the 5th or 6th injury… if they weren't dead yet. And I see nothing wrong with women in realistic armor. Nothing at all. Just don't pretend your woman in an armorkini is a real warrior or for that matter, very intelligent.
And while it's true that people didn't take whole baths a lot in the middle ages, they did at least clean their faces, hands and necks on a daily basis. As for nobility, they had the means to take lots of baths, with servants to carry and heat water, and dedicated tubs. But most towns had bathhouses, and monasteries as well. The idea that medieval people didn't take baths frequently is wrong. Now, that being said, some saints were supposed to have bathed only once a year, but that may have been part of the "Mortification of the Body" that some of them were into. Not only did many monasteries have baths, they also had paid bath attendants that received weekly stipends- which would be ridiculous if few of them bathed.
Here are a few websites debunking the old myth that medieval people smelled bad and bathed rarely:
http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/13/did-people-in-the-middle-ages-take-baths/
http://listverse.com/2009/01/07/top-10-myths-about-the-middle-ages/ (This is #6)
http://www.triviumpublishing.com/articles/smellofthemiddleages.html
That's actually quite interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Though, still a female warrior would most likely look like the picture I put afterwards in my previous post.
Bland steel armor that is unisex, except maybe for a skirt on the bottom part (Jeanne D'Arc style).
They might had crests on it, though.
And most female warriors would still have cuts, scars, bruises. most likely short as to make wearing helmets easier and deny the enemy a tactical advantage.
And we're talking about the typical warrior adventurer here, not a knight or someone of nobility.
Plus adventuring days wouldn't give them the chance to bathe. An expedition might take days or even weeks before they have a place to bathe.
In my DnD campaign, our group needs almost a week to get from town to town or city or to some ruins in the mountains. Then add the blood and gore from battle, mud, sweat from walking and fighting etc. Of course we're not RPing the filthiness, at least not yet.
Again, take the example from the picture I put in my previous post. It's partly the style but if someone told that this was a young man, most would most likely believe it. Provided, it's also the art-style but it's a realistic representation.
In other words, a female warrior wouldn't look really feminine or even like a woman behind the armor, short hair and helmet, plus no cosmetics, even medieval ones.
And I'm not sure that I like the idea of female warriors that have almost nothing feminine about them and barely making out that they're female.
Exposing some of their feminine assets is artistic license to me that says "you know, this is actually a woman" and trying to make them sexy.
Hence the "need" for boob-windows etc.
And I think that's the thought of many artists. They're not trying to make realistic female warriors. They want to make sexy female warriors because it's more appealing, at least for most men.
On the other hand, the thought of women (in my opinion) is that they see it as objectification of women and less empowering.
That's one reason I don't mind it. It looks appealing to me. It's not realistic or believable but it's nice to look at. Blame my genes.