So, I came across Dark Age miniatures promoting the top character, Lynette, Chief Herder of the Durshe Tribe, and made the mistake of looking into the rest of their catalog. While they do have a few positive examples, there’s a distinct trend in how they design their female characters.
I find this one kind of amazing in that aside from the standard issue issues with the female design having all the “ugly” elements removed this set seems to have decided to go with making the female “Frenzied” look more like “Rather Disinterested”.
Partially due to the fact that they chose to cover up her mouth rather than give her a snarl, and partially due to her gear all being adjusted to fit like fashion rather than like it’s barely containing the rage.
– wincenworks
All those images! TOTALLY tell me what the game is about. And how consistent its aesthetic is!
~Ozzie
“Stealing ideas from other people to minimize costs avoid creative risks 2″ looks amazingly even more generic than I would have expected.
– wincenworks
Where should we even start?
- Boobs on a reptile character?
- A boobplate-gorget that is more likely to stab her belly than protect or give any breast support?
- The ass-window cape?*
- The fact that male Dragonkin are supposed to look like that:
That figure’s design fails at everything it supposedly wanted to do, for the sake of “sex sells”. And it’s just sad.
~Ozzie
h/t: @icykitty
*funnily, the butt window could be somewhat justified if she at least grew a tail, yet she doesn’t for reasons unknown
