by-ethan-fox:

There are two kinds of people.

(made me think of femalearmor, repair-her-armor, and bikiniarmorbattledamage)

My “favorite” part is gotta be

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Considering they’re commenting on a video game concept art, not a traditional 2D animation model sheet or a comic book character design. No-one is going to actually draw this outfit over and over again to animate the game; it’s going to be rendered in 3D.
And while CG renders obviously also require more work the more complex they are, the explanation doesn’t apply when only female characters are “too hard to animate/render/draw”.

If fictional men don’t also sport the same suspiciously bodypaint-like clothes as women, the “easier to do” excuse is invalid, no matter what medium the characters are presented in.

As a side note, boobsocks have more polygons than a realistic single boob bulge, so it’s not easier or more efficient to make a 3D “catsuit” model with separate breast compartments.

~Ozzie

(Edit: Added some bolding due to concerns people felt that pointing out the video game/3D comparison was not in line with address the idea of Anime being different due to being a drawn medium.  It’s also worth pointing out that anime has been using CG since the 80s and that even anime that shamelessly use every shortcut they can get their hands on still don’t super-simplify simply to save drawing.

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– wincenworks)

Warhammer Vermintide

Warhammer Vermintide

Warhammer Vermintide

Warhammer Vermintide

Andrew submitted:

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Have you seen the heroes for Warhammer: Vermintide? It’s an upcoming Co-op Horde Mode type game similar to Left 4 Dead. The two lady characters are pretty fantastic. There is a middle-aged badass fire wizard and an elven archer who is covered head to toe.

Given Games Workshop’s usual design policies, which are less than optimal, I’m going to assume this is more Fatshark Games’ doing.  Thankfully it looks like they took a lot of inspiration from Left 4 Dead as well Warhammer.

– wincenworks

kogarashi-art  submitted:

Here’s a positive example for you. I watch a few Let’s Players on Youtube, and one recently started playing a game called Jotun by Thunder Lotus Games. This is Thora, the playable character. I was quite surprised to see that not only is the main character (a warrior) female, but a very well-portrayed one at that. She swings a giant axe around (and looks like she has the build to wield it properly no less), and is dressed as anyone would expect of a female viking. I haven’t seen much of the game so far, but it seems like a very positive portrayal overall and I may end up getting a Steam account just so I can get this game.

This game is pretty awesome. I’ve only played a little of it thus far but not only is fun (and somewhat nostalgic) to play but Thora is actually pretty characterized and they’ve made everything in the game suitably magical.  This for instance, is a shrine to Frigg:

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– wincenworks