Now, originally I found this company via a post about
(link is nsfw due to nip slip)
a new upcoming figure. However, upon looking I discovered that this company does kind of reflect everything that’s wrong with the tabletop wargame scene in terms of depictions of female characters.
If you exclude the female characters, their shop looks pretty much like a serious wargaming miniature shop. it has iconic characters, scenery bits, armies, etc.
However, not only do they have the problem that they stock female characters purely for over the top titillation value, and are promoted as though as relevant to but they also have the fanbase who try to rationalize this with baffling excuses:
I don’t think that it’s a very reliable trademark given it’s basically what every single wargame minature studio seems to do – only some make actual warrior minatures as well.
Let’s just be straight about it – they do what everyone else does but more blatantly and with exposed nipples.
– wincenworks
These images are taken from a novelty trading card set that was printed in 1902, imagining how women of the future might look in the roles that were exclusive to men at the time.
Now, it bears noting that there was no serious artistic intent behind these – they were not an exploration of the (then) future so much as they were a novel excuse to have photos of cute girls in costumes.
Yet somehow they remain far more convincing and charismatic than so, so many modern products that want us to take the notion of their “empowered” warrior women seriously.
– wincenworks
And so I saw another EOS Echo of Soul ad and it compelled me to bingo it.
For a moment there I confused this game for ELOA (bingo’ed last week), another very original MMO that keeps throwing browser ads at me.
Clearly that’s the mistake on my part. Those anime-sque MMOs that market themselves with double standard armor and have abbreviated titles starting with E are SO CREATIVELY DISTINCT!
Also what is wrong with how her legs are drawn? No matter which one is supposed to be attached to that knee in the front, something must be really broken in there!
~Ozzie