fatherronaldknox submitted:
Statue by Sideshow Toys of Heavy Metal Taarna? I don’t know what she is but this is horrifying.
Oh, Sideshow Toys and your intricately sculpted and painted figures of creepily sexualized women, we meet again…
Taarna is perhaps the most iconic character from the
boobalistic
cult classic 1981 Heavy Metal animated anthology.
She’s arguably known best not for being a fierce warrior, but for having the most voyeuristic “gearing up” scene ever, complete with “romantic” music playing as she slowly and sensually dresses up from complete nudity to half nudity.
[imagine a GIF in here, but it would be too NSFW to actually put one]
Even her ComicVine description agrees what’s the character’s most prominent feature:
A strong, beautiful warrior maiden who resolves to avenge a city destroyed by a horde of mutated barbarians.
Ew.
Surprisingly enough, in her final battle she does get seriously injured, so it’s safe to assume her bikini isn’t supposed to be actually protective.
She’s just badass enough to fight while slashed across her exposed flesh. What benefit could she possibly get from wearing actual armor in the first place? NOT duelling a mutant warlord while bleeding to death, huh? Who’d want to see that? </sarcasm>
~Ozzie
According to the statue description, this seems to be a post-Loc-Nar design, as it “includes mechanical elements and earthen details inspired by Taarna’s part in destroying the evil Loc-Nar.” So even after that fight where she dies, nobody batted an eye at giving her the exact same… “outfit.”
Not to mention, those cuts look like something my cat might give me by accident. She has to be a beautiful warrior maiden, after all, and actual injuries are gross.
My favorite part of the description is this, however:
Although she is a silent hero, Taarna’s expression speaks volumes. Her carefully sculpted portrait bears a look of grim determination, complete with the Taarakian mark tattooed on her neck. Her windswept, silvery hair frames her face as she looks towards her next foe with silent fury.
Ah, yes, her expression.
The expression that exists entirely in her eyebrows so that her face can stay unblemished. I guess I should be thankful that her face actually looks like it belongs to an adult.
-Icy
ihearducksaregoingquackers submitted:
This is from a real video game called “Riders of Icarus” and this is what you see during the character select screen. Viewable on many Riders of Icarus review videos that go through character selection screens. These images were obtained from https://www.tentonhammer.com/guides/riders-of-icarus-choosing-a-class
Not only is the double standard very apparent, it’s also extremely inconsistent as well (and of course, 100% illogical because why would a woman wearing full plate reveal MORE than the assassin class??? On top of the, you know, why reveal anything dilemma).
Also, literal bikini armour. LITERAL bikini armour. I can’t…
(Order of classes from top to bottom in captions:
Guardian,
Assassin, Priest, Wizard, Berserker.)
This is the textbookiest of texbook examples of double standard in armor we’ve seen in ages. Amazingly creative!
~Ozzie
I remember how Riders of Icarus released it’s trailer it almost looked like it wasn’t going to this nonsense… for a literal minute.
You have to love their commitment to the novel idea of wings combing out of the lower legs… then going with the most generically awful female costumes…. short skirts don’t really seem compatible with dragon riding.
For bonus points, this is the first female character you’ll come across on their site if you scroll down through the promo images from the top:
– wincenworks
Weekly BABD stream #34
Join us again for an attempt to make some awful, awful armors more equal across genders.
Same BABD Time, same BABD Channel – Saturday 9 AM PST / 6 PM CET~ (Your local time available here)
~Ozzie and Icy
Weekly BABD stream #34
Join us again for an attempt to make some awful, awful armors more equal across genders.
Same BABD Time, same BABD Channel – Saturday 9 AM PST / 6 PM CET~ (Your local time available here)
~Ozzie and Icy
giantpurplecat submitted:
I don’t know if this has been submitted yet, but I remembered this PVC statue while I was browsing the Nightwing tag on this site. This is the DC Comics Ikemen Nightwing statue; and for those of you who don’t know, Ikemen means “handsome men”. They also made sure to put in some extra detail on this statue.
Oh, the detail on this statue is quite good indeed. Lovingly sculpted, even.
And although this isn’t quite the comfortable, confident pose Nightwing deserves, the classic empowered T&A pose is a good effort.
-Icy
