Pics of female fighters/knights in realistic armor?

[MoxieFu]

After reading all the complaints about plate mail with metal bras, long hair, not wearing a helmet. It sounds to me like all you need for a miniature is just

a dude in armor.

When you change or get rid of all the differences between the sexes, what difference does it make?

(Edit to add: as long as it doesn't have a big, honking metal codpiece!)

 

[Elf Witch]

I enjoy a variety of fantasy art. All of one kind or the other would get boring after a while. The cheesecake pics of both males and females are a staple of the genre and a reminder that we can't take this stuff too seriously. The pics of musclebound oafs in leather jock straps are just about as common as the female cheesecake but I have yet to see an oversensitive guy make a fuss about it.

It is all simply fantasy art. We can appreciate art for different reasons. The silly and the serious can coexist without the world coming to an end.

I really can't go into this because of the rules of EnWorld and real world politics but I am going to say that it is is different.

I have seen some art like you describe Conan style art for example. But you will rarely see a man portrayed in armor like the one the OP posted with him covered in the top and then having what is basically some kind of metal underwear with leggings held up by garters.

I have seen art with female barbarians where they have what is basically a mini skirt made out of skin and a bra style top ala Conan style that does not bother me. What bugs me is a fighter or a paladin in some stupid armor that's only purpose is to show off her figure and boobs. Or how in the 3E books the elf wizard wears a gown slit all over the place exposing a great deal of skin. Sure she can cast mage armor to protect from weapons but how about sunburn or hypothermia. It is just a stupid look.

As for woman being oversensitive about basically what is sex being used to portray woman to sell a game, well I wonder why some of us feel this way. Could it be that in real life woman are often judged for how they look instead of how good they are at something.

You are not a woman so maybe you see it just as a sign of being over sensitive. Which is a tactic often used by the majority when a minority complains about something.

As I said before if you want to use cheesecake use it to portray the succubus or the evil priestess who uses her beauty and sex appeal as a weapon. But show female adventurers dressed in a manner that makes sense.

Nobody is trying to tske your cheesecake away from you.

 

[Elf Witch]

After reading all the complaints about plate mail with metal bras, long hair, not wearing a helmet. It sounds to me like all you need for a miniature is just

a dude in armor.

When you change or get rid of all the differences between the sexes, what difference does it make?

(Edit to add: as long as it doesn't have a big, honking metal codpiece!)

I often have used male minis for my female fighters if they have a full helm on because there is no way of telling what sex they are.

But if the helm is off then it is different.

The long hair thing is another stupid look when it flowing free like that what if the wind blows it in her face and blinds her in a fight or if the enemy grabs it. I used to wear my hair down to my butt as a kid and it really hurts when your brother grabs you by it and yanks. It brings tears to your eyes.

The smart thing to do is show it worn in a braid which keeps it out of the face. Woman who are in the military, cops, firefighters don't all have short hair but if it is long they wear it in some kind of braid, pony tail or some other way to constrain it.

I would say the same thing if it was a male character with long hair flying free like that.

I have had female players tell me that their character has woven barbs in their braid so that if someone grabs it they stand a chance of getting their hands cut.

 

[jonesy]

Burberry Prorsum Dress actually made of Armor

That is hot. I mean, she's going to get pretty hot wearing that. Hottier.


And here is something ridiculous from the real world that men in armor used to wear. Not in battle, one hopes:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VkCdV2VSIcg/TYw85RJM9SI/AAAAAAAAAfo/qnxqPmONe-I/s1600/arrmour-codpiece.jpg

 

[Elf Witch]

Burberry Prorsum Dress actually made of Armor

That is hot. I mean, she's going to get pretty hot wearing that. Hottier.


And here is something ridiculous from the real world that men in armor used to wear. Not in battle, one hopes:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VkCdV2VSIcg/TYw85RJM9SI/AAAAAAAAAfo/qnxqPmONe-I/s1600/arrmour-codpiece.jpg

That is an awesome dress and it would make a good armor for fighting because everything important is covered.

I have seen codpieces similar to that in pictures of armor and even on some real ones at a museum. Even in the middle ages size matters.

 

[jonesy]

 

[NewJeffCT]

nice pics, Jonesy, though I must spread XP around before I can award more to you.

 

[Greg K]

Spike's Deadliest Warrior had an episode about Joan of Arc. The woman portraying Joan wore Joan's original armor. You might be able to find some photos of it on the site.

 

[Dausuul]

The pics of musclebound oafs in leather jock straps are just about as common as the female cheesecake...

No they're not. I haven't got a D&D rulebook handy this moment, but I invite anyone who believes this to open one up and start counting. In a typical book, you'll find a couple of barbarian men in loincloths--and a couple of women who aren't baring cleavage, midriff, or legs up to the thigh. Numbers-wise, there's no comparison.

Furthermore, as Elf Witch pointed out, there's a huge difference between the "barbarian in loincloth" look and the "pornified armor" look. There are people in the real world who wear loincloths as practical everyday garb. Chainmail bikinis are only practical everyday garb if you make a living as a stripper at a medieval-themed bar.

I fail to see why we need cheesecake. I don't think anyone in the digital age can claim to be porn-deprived. How about we let porn be porn, and D&D books be about D&D characters?

 

[NewJeffCT]

Spike's Deadliest Warrior had an episode about Joan of Arc. The woman portraying Joan wore Joan's original armor. You might be able to find some photos of it on the site.

Good memory - and, her armor was the difference between 15th century Joan of Arc defeating 11th century William the Conqueror in that episode.