a) cool Valkyrie art b) armoring boobs
http://black-nata.tumblr.com/post/72260295453
Is there a protocol of some sort for discussing tumblr pretties here? I'm going with a simple link, I hope that's adequate.
The link is to apparently unused concept art for Thor 2. Valkyries mostly. It caught my eye because I really like that top Valkyrie on the winged-Sleipnir-thingy. (I like to point out when I think a woman is cool because I know I am hard on women in movies/tv/books. Sure, it's partly because the depictions usually suck, but I'm also aware that I'm just ... sexist.) To me she looks more solid and formidable than most fantasy women warriors. Certainly more than movieSif. I would follow this Valkyrie. Or maybe it's just that the horse is awesome?
Anyway, I wanted to mention that somewhere on tumblr or somewhere someone posted about armor on women and how it's unrealistic to armor their boobs into two separate mounds - in fact it's a death trap. One reason is the valley between will trap a sword - instead of deflecting away from the body, the armor will cause the sword to slide down between the breasts to the heart. The other reason is the shape means separate pieces riveted together which means a bunch of extra rivets ready to be pounded into the person by their enemy in battle. What you want is a simple armor with as few rivets as possible, shaped into one mound that will deflect the sword away. In fact you probably don't much need to accommodate the breasts anyway, depending - see Brienne on Game of Thrones.
I get that the sexy fantasy armor isn't meant to be realistic but now that the ridiculousness of it has been brought to my attention it's hard to ignore.
Is there a protocol of some sort for discussing tumblr pretties here? I'm going with a simple link, I hope that's adequate.
The link is to apparently unused concept art for Thor 2. Valkyries mostly. It caught my eye because I really like that top Valkyrie on the winged-Sleipnir-thingy. (I like to point out when I think a woman is cool because I know I am hard on women in movies/tv/books. Sure, it's partly because the depictions usually suck, but I'm also aware that I'm just ... sexist.) To me she looks more solid and formidable than most fantasy women warriors. Certainly more than movieSif. I would follow this Valkyrie. Or maybe it's just that the horse is awesome?
Anyway, I wanted to mention that somewhere on tumblr or somewhere someone posted about armor on women and how it's unrealistic to armor their boobs into two separate mounds - in fact it's a death trap. One reason is the valley between will trap a sword - instead of deflecting away from the body, the armor will cause the sword to slide down between the breasts to the heart. The other reason is the shape means separate pieces riveted together which means a bunch of extra rivets ready to be pounded into the person by their enemy in battle. What you want is a simple armor with as few rivets as possible, shaped into one mound that will deflect the sword away. In fact you probably don't much need to accommodate the breasts anyway, depending - see Brienne on Game of Thrones.
I get that the sexy fantasy armor isn't meant to be realistic but now that the ridiculousness of it has been brought to my attention it's hard to ignore.