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April 8, 2017February 19, 2022

Vikings: War Of Clans

I can’t believe it’s not porn.It’s the advertisement for the latest strategy game Vikings;War Of Clans!

When I thinking Viking I think uncomfortable underwear. She has a good helmet, shame about everything else. I’m sure this will sell millions of copies, and certainly won’t be forgotten within a month.

Well, given it’s from the creators of Stormfall, Total Domination, Nords and of course Sparta: War of Empires (who had an affiliate actual steal images from a porn movie cover once) and include promotional imagery like this:

It’s not terribly surprising to discover that this image,which is hosted on a major affiliate networking site that makes bold promises:

Is actually fetish art, literally off deviantArt*, and the fetish in this case is highly sexualized female gladiators brutally killing each other. This is apparently, a stock standard image that the affiliate site keeps on their servers just in case they get a client they think will match that.

I can’t be the only one who thinks this is all more than a little messed up that a major advertiser thinks this is a great generic fantasy game image. (I don’t even want to think how they found this image in the first place)

– wincenworks

Looks like somebody searched the dA image category of “artistic nude.” Even if we’re stretching suspension of disbelief for the “almost naked gladiator fighters” trope, the design is just… boring. They didn’t even put in the minimal effort of giving her some kind of insignia or blood splatter or anything.

-Icy

*The artwork can be found here. Please be warned that the linked deviantArt account features disturbing content including gore and sexualized death.

April 8, 2017February 19, 2022

New Moderator 2: The Revenge

A new challenger appears!

Hi, I’m IcyKitty, the new moderator. I’m an artist, character designer, and RPG lover (ask me about my D&D characters).

I’ll be focusing more on talking design and aesthetic specifics and maybe even doing some redesigns. Who knows, maybe we will have a redesign feature day every once in a while??? (Did someone say “sequel hook?”)

-Icy

Welcome to the team, Icy! Hope that having a third mod will help us manage the blog better and bring some fresh take on the topics BABD deals with.

~Ozzie & – wincenworks

April 7, 2017February 19, 2022

ladywater2010:

yosoyleche:

b-tandoodlez:

akaalexia:

powergirlschestnuts:

ohmygil:

I’m actually a little offended because if there were ever a male Strong Female Character

it’d be Nightwing

Isn’t that right Karen?

IM A LITTLE BITTER NEGL dick grayson was doing the strong female character thing IN CANON way before anyone knew who clint barton was but WHATEVER FANDOM

WHATEVER

did I mention this isn’t fanart

really printed

ACTUAL POSE IN AN ACTUAL COMIC BOOK

tits and ASS

gratuitous and inhuman

losing clothes since 1980something

yet fandom still decides that CLINT BARTON is a better male Strong Female Character than this flawless prince smh

idg why or how that snub happened but I am protesting it

WE ALL KNOW WHO THE REAL WINNER IS

and did I mention CANON because

CANON MALE STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

CLEAR WINNER BY A LONG SHOT

DICK GRAYSON PERIOD THE END

I love Hawkeye, and the Hawkeye initiative, but this post never fails to crack me up.

Artists, what are you doing?

I

STRONGLY

AGREE

WITH

EVERYTHING.

Not to mention a villain actually says “I’d know that ass anywhere” when seeing Dick Grayson from behind.

@bikiniarmorbattledamage

While it remains debatable how much Nightwing’s amazing body and empowered poses balance out how women around him are depicted, Dick Grayson undoubtedly is the closest that superhero comics have to offer for us as fanservice for readers interested in men.

The last, “I’d know that ass anywhere” image comes from his solo series that could easily be renamed "The Comic With Actual Male Objectification":

~Ozzie

edit: Changed the Greyson comic montage to a vertical, more readable image.

April 6, 2017February 19, 2022

April 5, 2017February 19, 2022

ihavenotfallenyet:

mediumaevum:

Historically accurate leggings. Lorica Clothing’s inspiration is straight out of the Metropolitan Museum’s Arms and Armor exhibit.

Lorica (latin for body armor) is funding their leggings project on Kickstarter, and have already far surpassed their goal, which means the leggings are happening. Read more

@bikiniarmorbattledamage I was reminded of you guys when I saw this! Thought y’all might like it.

I remember the last time we featured literal spandex armor clothes (including leggings not unlike those) on the blog.

Love how those are designed and named after actual pieces of historical armor. Such a nice touch.

~Ozzie

for not-literal spandex armor on BABD see: spandex chainmail | skin-tight metal

more fashion on BABD

April 4, 2017February 19, 2022

Tidy Up Tuesday #61

This week…

A Marvel representative decided to blame the rich representation of new characters, particularly women, LGBTQ+ folk and people of color, in their superhero comics as a reason for their recent sales drop. They’re making a bold claim that it’s the readers and retailers who didn’t really want diversity.

A claim proven unsubstantiated by simply comparing sales numbers and business practices at Marvel in the last couple of months.

Incidentally, we discussed the potential of scapegoating the strive for diversity in media if said media is unsuccessful in our “Go make your own!” article.

Things we addressed before:

~Ozzie & – wincenworks

April 4, 2017February 19, 2022

@banette-is-thoughtful submitted:

I was looking at a few upcoming PS4 games coming out this year and I saw this and found this character. Her name is Brunhilde and she is one of the main antagonists in the upcoming game called Valkyria Revolution. Can someone help me understand what am I looking at and why does this exists?

This pic above is a special pre-order image straight from SEGA. Yeah, I as soon I saw these I just had to submit it to BABD. First time doing this, so please tell me if I’m doing it right. Love all of the work you guys do and I hope more people stop designs like these from getting into media.

Sources( valkyria.wikia.com, theplatformer.net, www.segalization.com)

Well the main reason that it exists is that publishers and Creepy Marketing Guy really like this myth that sex sells, because well it’s essentially idea that there’s a magic, shortcut and that that it happens to allow them to get work to pay for images that appeal to them personally (and may, if they’re lucky, make them temporarily popular with certain demographics).

The other big appeal, commercially, is that if you decide that generic softcore pinups are the precious commodity that will motivate your customer base – you’ve got a fairly low effort product in comparison to say unique designs that integrate into your product’s lore, a character’s individual personality, etc.

The ultimate form of this is, of course: The asset flip.

It’s just a shame that their the games industry can’t put more emphasis and faith into the actual game.

– wincenworks

April 3, 2017February 19, 2022

dinopasta33:

foxy-nerdy:

Snow Knight v2 by Guweiz

@bikiniarmorbattledamage A positive example I figured I’d bring to your attention.

[Artist’s dA gallery]

What a gorgeous artwork and nice, layered armor design. I love that not only it denounces the boobplate plague, it also very clearly shows how much padding goes under the metal armor pieces.

~Ozzie

April 2, 2017February 19, 2022

Bingo: Nowi from Fire Emblem Awakening

FEAnon submitted:

Nowi is a Manakete(Dragon in human form) from Fire Emblem Awakening. Nowi is a controversial character due to her skimpy outfit combined with her young age as a dragon as she is proportionately 14 at most, though the localization makes Nowi act more mature to downplay the controversy.

This is made much more controversial due to the player being encouraged to marry Nowi off to other units and have children which if spoofed in this webcomic. While Now is first encountered captured, it is revealed Nowi made the outfit herself and wears it of her free will.

A Male of the same race and class for comparison.

Anyone up for a bingo?

Bingo you say?

Now, of course, there’s the argument that I’m sure will be coming about it being her choice, or her being a dragon so she doesn’t need protection, yadda yadda yadda.

Ultimately though, it’s very simple: If the most creative approach someone can take to a character concept such as a dragon in human form and decide it’s a “get out of criticism free card” for a worryingly sexualized teenage girl – then it’s safe to say the fluff was never really a big concern to you.

– wincenworks

April 2, 2017February 19, 2022