Pics of female fighters/knights in realistic armor?

[NewJeffCT]

When doing a google image search on female warriors, most pictures are of women that are in the typical chainmail or brass bikini. While I love cheesecake as much as the next guy, it's not what I want. (after the chainmail bikini/red sonja, you get a few of Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman and then several of Xena.)

What I'm looking for is a a picture or three of a strong looking woman in realistic medium to heavy armor - chainmail, splint, plate, etc. (I like to find pictures that I use when introducing a potential major NPC)

Xena wears leather armor, I think, and Lucy Lawless is a bit thinner than I'm looking for. This is for a culture where women are raised from birth to be warriors.

This picture would be perfect if the woman's upper thighs weren't bare. Her arms and chest are covered and the arm makes sure her arms don't look too scrawny.

Thanks

 

[ExploderWizard]

Check out the gallery here:

Fantasy on #Real-Armored-Women - deviantART

There might be something you can use.

 

[IronWolf]

How about:

Women Fighters in Reasonable Armor

 

[Dausuul]

If you want it to look truly realistic, just take the image of a man in full plate with the visor closed and use that. With real plate, it's next to impossible to tell the difference. (The correct way to accommodate breasts is "bind them down and make the breastplate a little roomier," not "add two big bulges." The shape of a breastplate is dictated by the need to deflect swords and maces and such; you don't sacrifice that protective function just to show off the wearer's endowments.)

 

[NewJeffCT]

Thanks - great choices so far!

 

[NewJeffCT]

If you want it to look truly realistic, just take the image of a man in full plate with the visor closed and use that. With real plate, it's next to impossible to tell the difference. (The correct way to accommodate breasts is "bind them down and make the breastplate a little roomier," not "add two big bulges." The shape of a breastplate is dictated by the need to deflect swords and maces and such; you don't sacrifice that protective function just to show off the wearer's endowments.)

I know you're right, but every fantasy female also has enormous DD or bigger breasts, thus necessitating armor with two big bulges on the front.





In all seriousness, I was looking for something that also showed the face.

 

[RangerWickett]

I had a female friend who was going to transgender to male, and she would use bras and wrappings to get from being a D-cup to passably flat-chested. She complained about the heat, though, which would just be worse in plate armor.

 

[David Howery]

I think 'unrealistic armor' is what turned me off of the 3E version more than anything else. I could handle artists' depictions of weird armor, but making 'spiked armor' as an actual rule in the game? Urgh...

 

[Balesir]

If you don't mind B&W drawings (of good quality) you could look here:

Series: Friends, Foes & Followers : Lýthia.com

This is a collection of 144 "fantasy realistic" NPCs and it includes several female warriors in maille armour or similar, as well as several in leather and such like. I'm thinking Grimhilda Forsetha might be what you're looking for, more or less.

 

[Quickleaf]

Check out the Artesia comics; the armor in those is very well done, functional but with a slightly different feel for women warriors. If only Mark Smylie could differentiate his characters better (at least it's not the fault of the armor!).

Here's a link to the author's blog site: artesiaonline.com