"Knight" by Susan Mewhiney

love'n it!

I think her armor looks great! It's functional and she still looks feminine. I really like her face too; something about the snub nose, I guess it looks like realistic anime.

Susan Mewhiney replies: "Yeah. I can't seem to get realistic no matter how I try. But I guess a realistic anime style is the next best thing, ne? Thank you for commenting and complimenting!"

I love her face!! It's so beautiful! The detail is fantastic....excellent piece, I love it =) Bit I particularly like the face =)

Armor is just about the hardest thing for me to draw convincingly, especially on a female. I'm jealous and inspired by this piece at the same time. Congrats on the double mods choice in one week! Your gallery is definately off to an impressive start!

Susan Mewhiney replies: "Wow! Thank you so much! This picture was actually just a "happy accident". I didn't mean for it to turn out so nice. "

I love this drawing...reminds me of the story of Joan of Arc....love that story myself....to bad they burned her at the stake....Well, anyways...great detailed work...*nods head and leaves*

I think she would look good as a pirate

This is lovely. The shoulder pieces are great. But without a joint at the waist she isn't going to be able to move and unless she is really skinny, REALLY skinny, she isn't even going to be able to breathe in the steel corset. Even cloth needs what is called "wearing ease" in the cut. The stiffer the material the more ease you need.

Did I mention the great knees?

Does the piece on her abdomen is leather or plating? Because if it was plating, she should never get an additional pound!

http://www.knightfight.us/?ac=vid&vid=140125970

I really like seeing female warriors and there needs to be more drawings of them. Good job on this one, I like her fierce expression. My only nitpick would be with the chest plate.

It isn’t practical nor safe to wear plate armor designed to shape to the breasts for three reasons - 1) normal armor developed the center crease in order to direct blows away from the center of the chest. Anything that struck there would slide to the side, away from the vital areas of the body. So in shaping armor that shows the breasts, you have now just made armor that directs the blow to the center of the chest - if she were to wear this jousting she would be dead. 2) the center dip in the armor would help to deflect blows upward and downward, which means a glancing sword blow would slide right up beneath the gorget and into the woman’s throat. 3) The center dip also creates a weak point in the armor, as this is where all of the force will be directed when she is struck, instead of being dispersed over the entire plate.