More Zelda!
Playing with one of my favourite bits – costume-design! Here, variations and details in the outfits Zelda would wear during this imaginary game of mine.
Retreading some old paths, what with the water mail and the fire armour, but I tried playing a little bit with them.
The Hylian Knight uniform is the basic outfit for Zelda – much like Link’s traditional green tunic. And like the traditional tunic, it would be worn throughout most of the game.
The Water Mail is used primarily in the water temple, obviously, where breathing under water and swimming well are both key to getting through the puzzles. I played with scales and flowing sleeves/skirt-thing to make it reminiscent of a fish.
The Desert Gear is used as a disguise to pass for a Gerudo (though Zelda would have to do something about that hair colour of hers) and is otherwise very similar to the Knight’s uniform – the Desert Gear is lighter, though, which would keep Zelda from sinking into the deep sand of the desert, and also make her faster and more nimble.
The Fire Armour is the heaviest of all the outfits, which slows Zelda down while she’s wearing it. It amplifies her strength to make up for it, though – enabling her to lift and move very heavy things – and it is fireproof, which lets her solve the puzzles in the fire temple without, you know, burning herself alive.
Down at the bottom are a few details in the outfits – the scaled headgear for the Water Mail, which is what enables Zelda to breathe under water: the lantern she uses to solve puzzles in the desert temple, and a closer look at the powerful gauntlets of the Fire Armour.
… I am having so much fun with this redesign thing, I can’t even tell you. Updates might slow down a bit, though, since I’ve got my own, non-fanart stuff to do as well – and Stockholm’s International Comics Festival is coming up next weekend, so I am going to be all booked.
GORGEOUS!
Seems like Zelda is a poster child of awesome fan-made concepts for a game that introduces capable female warrior protagonist.
Big thanks to kayrukitsune for recommending that post! 😀