@Meagloth Did they remind you of Madonna at her worst in the 80s - she seemed to be very, very cold :P
@Mivsan I confess - when I started accumulating this list I got so depressed about how rare reasonable armour on a female in sci-fi or fantasy art actually is I decided to allow high heels, silly spiky bits, long loose locks of hair, and daft helmets. I thought that otherwise this would be an extremely short thread. Thankfully I was wrong. There is a lot of good art with OKish armour out there, even if it seems to be outnumbered 100 to 1 - but by the time I realised this I'd already included the high heels etc for so long I decided to just keep going with it.
Wow, the upper leg armor on that last pic is awfully spiky. Reminds me of that torture device known as "The chair". Only, this is armor, and that is... a chair.
Wow, the upper leg armor on that last pic is awfully spiky. Reminds me of that torture device known as "The chair". Only, this is armor, and that is... a chair.
Well, @LadyRhian, it's numenera, which is science fansatsy, so I don't even know if that's armor or her leg. Regardless, I don't know that I would call that "sane and sensible".
@meagloth and @LadyRhian. My apologies for including that last one here. I am really collecting for the Tumblr which has a slightly different criterion - believable rather than sane and sensible. There is something very odd going on with the kenee under that pink spikiness. Can we actually see the bones? btw I am alsoa a huge fan of science fantasy. I really don't think there is a clear cut line between fantasy and sci-fi at all. A certain art gallery that used to specialise in high fantasy used to get very pissed off with me for uploading my (pretty abysmal) science fantasy and urban fantasy art.
@LadyRhian or maybe its the Templar crypt in "Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade" trim & bleach the beard a bit, and the male dwarf could even look like Sean Connery.
I think I must be either a masochist, or very very silly ... or even both. I've done a bit of counting - I've posted art by 20 artists so far here and on the blog. I've gone through 125 other artists galleries (often more than one) to collect images and links. I've got 200 more galleries that I know feature at least one damn good pic of a chick in armour. This may be a looonnnggg thread!
While this may have been pointed out earlier, I always find Hilde from Soul Calibur surprisingly sensibly dressed. (Especially for a Soul Calibur character...) Heck, she even wears a helm! From the same game with "Ivy the ever scantily clad", we somehow got a well armored character who even has a smaller pauldron for her sword arm! It's so logical! Sorry I don't have an image to show, but I just thought I'd add that.
@Elrandir and @Nonnahswriter Thanks for the headsup about Hilde. I've been on a fruitless hunt trying to find the artists who did any of the official Hilde pics. Not even the Wiki page gives any credits ... it's a bugger! Found a really good fan art however, and I've grabbed a few more from the same artist.
This is starting to be my new favourite thread. Anyway, I am amazed nobody posted this picture: From what I read, this lovely lady was a Longsword Competition winner. Yes, there are Longsword-fencing competitions. And I have heard it's even better than it sounds.
@Southpaw its as good as it sounds. And don't call it fencing. It isn't fencing. I remembered that photo from somewhere else around here and could find it. Glad you posted it.
@meagloth If you ignore the standard tropes of the genre (the overdone perspective, hugely enlarged lower limbs and feet, enormous weapons, massive shoulers) to me this is a pretty ok set of sci-fi armour
@Southpaw thanks muchly. I've seen that image and it is a truly great photo, so thanks for posting it here. I haven't posted any photos myself, because the Tumblr blog I'm running is for artwork. I may include some shots of armour from the galleries of the actual armorer, but I still haven't decided.
I don't want to start an argument(famous last words, I know), but didn't you just say if you ignore her arms, legs, shoulders, weapon, and the way the picture is drawn, then it's not so bad?
@meagloth lets debate, not argue ... much nicer and a lot less stress in the long urn :P What I was trying to say was that the weird proportions are part and parcel of the style of art, the genre. I'm not that good with words today, so I can't begin to think of a name for that style, but it's all over the place. Some really, really good artists use it occasionally. I'm not a fan of it myself, but I decided to include it because some other people obviously are.
The next post includes some much more "normal" sci-fi character art.
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Although, I have to say @kiwidoc, what is the deal with that archer/huntress in high heels on page 2, huh?! ;+)
@Mivsan I confess - when I started accumulating this list I got so depressed about how rare reasonable armour on a female in sci-fi or fantasy art actually is I decided to allow high heels, silly spiky bits, long loose locks of hair, and daft helmets. I thought that otherwise this would be an extremely short thread. Thankfully I was wrong. There is a lot of good art with OKish armour out there, even if it seems to be outnumbered 100 to 1 - but by the time I realised this I'd already included the high heels etc for so long I decided to just keep going with it.
Akeiron kak RP
All Images Pathfinder art, except for the last which is Numenera artbtw I am alsoa a huge fan of science fantasy. I really don't think there is a clear cut line between fantasy and sci-fi at all. A certain art gallery that used to specialise in high fantasy used to get very pissed off with me for uploading my (pretty abysmal) science fantasy and urban fantasy art.
Tansy Appleby
Alexandra V. Bach
Marius Andrei
I think I must be either a masochist, or very very silly ... or even both. I've done a bit of counting - I've posted art by 20 artists so far here and on the blog. I've gone through 125 other artists galleries (often more than one) to collect images and links. I've got 200 more galleries that I know feature at least one damn good pic of a chick in armour. This may be a looonnnggg thread!
Naomi Baker aka Naomiful - Part I
Naomi Baker aka naomiful Part 2
Steve Argyle - Part I
Steve Argyle - Part II
Edited to remove pic wrongly atttributed
HILDE!
I love Hilde!!!
And she's fun to play as, too. ^_^
Found a really good fan art however, and I've grabbed a few more from the same artist.
Daniel Vendrell Oduber
Anyway, I am amazed nobody posted this picture:
From what I read, this lovely lady was a Longsword Competition winner.
Yes, there are Longsword-fencing competitions. And I have heard it's even better than it sounds.
The next post includes some much more "normal" sci-fi character art.