I'd second the suggestion for a bigger woman. At least make her biceps and thighs look considerably larger--it won't make her look less feminine (well, not by much), while on the other hand a respectable amount of muscle would make a lot more sense for such an ostensibly tough character. I think there has been some prior discussion about this subject that points to such examples as Rhona Mitra's appearance in Doomsday or the standard template (of sorts) for Sarah Connor from Terminator II onwards.

And lose the high heels--aside from being impractical, they look too modern. Medieval warriors and women (and warrior women) alike did just fine without heels, and in fact I think authentically very close-fitting medieval ankle boots would look even sexier than high-heeled knee boots. But maybe that's just me.

Got to agree about high-heels, always makes me laugh imagining how someone on high-heels would try to run through the woods, especially, wearing armour.

It seems I forgot to post those new armor concepts... I hope you don't mind little thread-necromancy :P

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I like those new ones better, I must admit. A few tweaks and they'll be great.

I'll admit that I like me the occasional game... And when I think of sexy but deadly warrior-women from video games, the foremost in my mind is Hildegard von Krone from the Soulcalibur series. She is heavily armoured, and wields a spear/lance with a backup short sword. There is no debating the form and function (video game-wise), if you've ever given Soulcalibur IV a try. I have experienced my share of serious whippings at her fair hand...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilde_(Soulcalibur)

Sometimes she has a helm, and sometimes she doesn't, but she does have a full suit of plate armour (albeit one not particularly historically based), and still looks attractive. Well, for a videogame woman, anyway. If I was Ryu from Street Fighter, I'd... :D

Just another possible source of inspiration for you, as it seems Hilde was extremely well received by the diehard video game fans when Soiulcalibur IV and Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny were released.

I guess the uncovered thighs are purely fanservice.

I don't think you're gonna get too far with realism since the fashion back then would be considered silly by today's unenlightened masses.

This version certainly looks both tougher and more realistic than the first conception. The funniest thing about it is probably the surcoat--as somebody else has mentioned before, my "historical" eye would have expected this style of surcoat to be worn looser and longer (down to the knee) and with a slit at the back as well as the front, or in the later cotehardie style with a leaner hourglass shape, front opening (fastened with buttons or ties), slightly higher hem, and the belt resting on the hips rather than the waist (which would incidentally fit better with the basinet). However, I'm more than willing to accept the compromises in the design as it is, since it already strongly evokes historical features without making the character look unattractive to modern eyes.

You know what's the weirdest thing about this? The first thing I noticed in the design was the princess seams. Yes, the princess seams on the front of the surcoat. Again, it's not really historical since I wouldn't expect something like it before the 16th century or so, but I'm sure only the most hardcore thread-counting and seam-checking nazis would be bothered by this (I'm certainly not bothered, especially in a design that's been honestly billed as "fantasy" right from the start). The vast majority of gamers probably wouldn't even notice that the seam was there!