#Bikini Armor Battle Damage

[bikiniarmorbattledamage]

oops mine own armor hath fallen off accidentally

By @raspbearyarts

Very happy to see destroyable armor going back to it's sexy, sexy roots.

-wincenworks

Oscar Vega (@raspbeary) on: Art Station | Instagram | Twitter

#sexy male armor #raspbearyarts #destroyable armor #plate armor #image #Bikini Armor Battle Damage #BikiniArmorBattleDamage #BABD

[sawthatmountainburn]

now that I think about it, I feel like a non-zero amount of posting that bikini armor battle damage blog did was like. covering up for one's own fetishes.

#river.txt

[twenty3thirteen]

bikini armor battle damage a DTIYS of Magra's dragon lady

#color #girls #monstergirl #dragon #half-dragon #Other people's OCs #mystuff

[toesucker416]

Ok, that last post is gonna haunt me, so I'm gonna say my piece on Watsonian vs Doylist design.

Vocabulary reminder:

Watsonian: relevant to the world of the fiction - having to do with a character's own justification for their actions. Synonymous with diegetic. Example: in RWBY, characters have a barrier called 'Aura'. Aura enables you to use a unique power called a Semblance, amps your physical stats, and protects you from harm until you run out. This is how characters survive set pieces like getting thrown through a concrete pillar.

Doylist: relevant to the writer's decision-making process - having to do with why the real person behind the story wrote the things they did. Example: in RWBY, characters have a barrier called 'Aura'. This enabled Monty, as well as his predecessors, to do cool setpieces like throwing them through a concrete pillar, without having to spend time creating a new, battle-damaged model.

Sometimes, the Doylist explanation is the Watsonian explanation. A writer wrote something the way they did because it was a natural consequence of something they had already written, or an organic continuation of a scene. Sometimes, the Watsonian explanation is the Doylist one, such as characters needing superpowers to survive all the cool fights you're gonna put them in. In general, though, the Doylist explanation comes first, and the Watsonian explanation is what the characters believe. The Doylist reason is also often up to a great deal of interpretation, as characters are much more prone to exposition than authors are.

There was a design decision in Chapter 1 of Kagurabachi that I found really questionable, to the point where it soured me on the manga for quite some time. A group of thugs are robbing a warehouse... with katana. Chihiro says he can't allow scum like them to wield katana. The problem is, this is a modern setting, and literally every last one of them that wasn't a sorceror had a katana. Not one of the seven fancy magic ones, either, just regular swords. In a setting with guns, where modern mobsters would have to compete with people who can blow shit up with their minds, these guys are just using swords. And I thought that was dumb. When I tried voicing this criticism, fans of the manga... didn't get it. They talked about how cool the magic weapons are, or how personal Chihiro's motivation was, but that didn't help, because my problem was the story's obsession with and glorification of an already ubiquitous weapon. I was never going to be swayed by the events of the story, when the design was the source of my criticism. Even now, as a fan of Peak, I still look back at that first chapter as the weakest, as the author trying to find his footing and his tone.

Listen, here on the internet, you'll see people criticizing things. And sometimes, it'll be a thing that you like, and sometimes, they'll hate it for the reason you love it. Don't take that personally. And if they're critiquing an element of the design, like bikini armor, or the ubiquity of swords, or a unique framing device that ultimately fails to commit to being a unique framing device, don't tell them what the characters told you. Accept that the author did it for a reason, and some people will think that the author's reason is bullshit.

[j--mno-art]

@bikiniarmorbattledamage has now done two redesigns of this version of Tira from Soul Calibur so I decided to take a stab at it. While this is my first time doing this type of redesign/paint-over I think it turned out pretty well. I decided to lean into the jester look for her clothing while also incorporating the bones from her original design. I like that she ended up looking somewhere between a jester and a witch.

#soul calibur #tira #redesign #outfit design #paint over #bikini armor battle damage #digital art #digital painting #video games

[wainwrightjakobshammerlock]

@bikiniarmorbattledamage I was looking through your posts, when I encountered this fuckery. My reaction was something like this:

So I decided to fix it (ish), even though I know that the developers will never see it and also a fungus species should be hermaphroditic

And the results are as follows:

I tried to soften the male’s design while keeping some parts of the female.

Her name’s Gallik and she’s a blacksmith and also a butch lesbian, don’t ask me how I know this.

#artstuff #bikini armor battle damage #suspicious dimorphism #shattered rpg #my art #redesign #my post

[catluniscia]

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Lines by lahmiaraven

What if Sailor moon was a mech warrior thing, shush I know her outfit wouldn't look like this more mech, less skin, but again trying to do armor better, and stuff, now I want cake

#sailor moon #usagi tsukino #princess serenity #manga #anime #scifi #battle #armor #canyon #prosthetic #bikini armor battle damage

[cats2019forthenintendoswitch]

Me: this female character is badly designed, why is she wearing essentially an uncomfortable bikini, as are 99% of the women on the game, while the men get shirtless at best and it's still uses to emphasize not how sexually desirable they are, but rather their strength and dominance? And why is this such a trend literally everywhere in fiction? (these are rhethorical, I know the fuckin awnser and I hate it)

Some ppl on here: You are being not only heterophobic but also hornyphobic :/

#what do i even tag this as #bikini armor battle damage #feminism #heterophobia #hornyphobia #straight culture #yeah seems abt right #i mean not rly the person i was thinkin about is bi #but then again some bi ppl ship reylo so #still applies #my own posts

[sunandsword]

It’s been faaaar too long since I did a “kitting up” photoset, so I thought I’d do another one of my heavy Chesterwick kit, which I wear for Swordcraft on Fridays when I’m not being an archer and wearing a dress. This kit puts me on maximum hitpoints (15) at Swordcraft and is all 100% functional stainless steel stuff I also use for other medieval activities - which means it’s not exactly light. It’s inspired by what a 14th century knight would wear, although I’ve taken a fair amount of creative liberty.

Here’s a breakdown of each layer, generously photographed by my friend @andrethesmall (and please ignore my funny faces, it’s been a long week):

1. Underwear! Medieval linen braies with an undertunic tucked into them. I’m also wearing workout pants underneath because it’s currently winter and I’m a lizard. In the summer I skip that layer. All of my medieval underwear is from Historic Enterprises. Unfortunately, they don’t really cater too much to women for this stuff (given that it is men’s clothing!), but I find I can fit most of it, although it’s not the most ideal fit, especially with the hose.

2. Hose! I love hose, I think they’re amazing and silly. I usually go for parti-coloured - I have three different colours to choose from (yellow, blue, green), so I just mix and match each week depending on what I feel like. I wear thick socks underneath to pad them out a little bit - since they’re made for men’s feet they’re a bit big on me.

3. Shoes, pourpoint, leg harness. The shoes are a new model from ArmStreet that I’m currently testing out for durability. They look medieval but have modern comfort, and feel great under armour! The pourpoint (tight vest) is what keeps up my leg harness (leg armour). Most of the weight of my leg harness is distributed across my hips, with very little actually pulling on my shoulders. If you look closely, you can see lots of vertical stitch marks in the pourpoint - that’s where I’ve taken it in time and time again as it’s really old and the linen keeps stetching! It’s really important for a pourpoint to be super tight to ensure an ideal distribution of weight. My leg harness is the same I’ve had for a few years now, from ArmStreet.

4. Gambeson! Mine is a bit beaten up and needs some new buckles. A gambeson is a padded layer that just adds a little bit of cushioning from armor.

5. Armour. I’m wearing bracers, elbow cops and 14th century inspired shoulders, all of which is fringed with green suede dagging. I opted not to wear my upper cannons tonight (which would completely cover my upper arms).

6. Cotte d’armes, a wool garment in the colours of my warband that hides my beaten up gambeson. It has yellow wool dagging on it to make it a bit fancier and set me apart from other members of the warband who wear a similar, unadorned item.

7. Breastplate. Enough said. 

8. Hood, because it’s cold out and my helmet doesn’t currently have an aventail to cover my neck.

9. A helmet to top it all off. It has a faceplate but I opt not to wear it at Swordcraft since I usually need to be able to communicate with people and I find I have to yell waaaay too loud with it on.

10. A photo taken by Tony Delov at the game, with my current halberd.

Please let me know if you have any questions, happy to answer!

#larp #larp armor #fight like a girl #live action role play #larp costume #realistic armor #realistic armour #larp armour #babd #Bikini Armor Battle Damage #girlboss #functional armor #costume #cosplay #game of thrones #witcher #costume design #larp inspiration #character concept #concept #concept art #character #dnd #knight #fighter #armor #armour #leg harness #etched armor #armstreet armor

[junglehero227]

Question: Why does bikiniarmorbattledamage always go on and on about how fictional characters have no agency and thus can’t “choose” to wear sexy outfits and yet dismiss instances where sexy outfits or characters are either designed by women (Bayonetta for example) or well liked by female fans, (Just look at the number of women cosplaying as characters in sexy outfits at pretty much any con for proof of this) thus dismissing the agency of actual breathing women?

#bikini armor battle damage #babd #costume design #video games #bayonetta #bikiniarmorbattledamage

[ozziescribbler]

Little comic I did for my newest BABD writeup. 

Relates both to the post’s topic of media criticism credentials and to the female sexualization excuse rhetoric we comment on all the time.

~Ozzie

#artists on tumblr #ozziescribbler #ozzie does art #media criticism #comic #female sexualization #rhetoric #BABD stuff #BikiniArmorBattleDamage #Bikini Armor Battle Damage #BABD

[bikiniarmorbattledamage]

This is truly stiff competition for the worst case of willful false equivalence we've ever seen.

So, for those not aware: Ongoing embarrassment to gamers and the gaming industry, Mark Kern (former lead on FireFall), has been desperately trying to get Gamergate 2 going on X/Twitter... well after others have given up. If you need to get caught up on Mark, I recommend this video by documentary maker and experienced game developer, Dead Domain:

One of the latest fiascos in this mix has been the comparison of responses to character designs from Hades 2 (Aphrodite, left) and Stellar Blade (protagonist Eve, right). The post isn't by Mark, but is part of the general harassment campaign he's trying to lead.

If you're somehow not familiar with Aphrodite, she's the Ancient Greek goddess of love, lust and hot girl shit. It is absolutely perfect characterization for her to show up to a battle (or anything else) nude but for her hair teasingly covering the intimate parts of her body. But the buried lede here is, you don't fight her in Hades and nothing about Hades 2 indicates she'll fight there either, she just likes the aesthetic and has no reason not to indulge.

Stellar Blade will release on 26 April 2024, so we can't really give an informed discussion of her character. But what we do know is the studio head is the illustrator from Blade & Soul, Eve is described as being a member of "the 7th Airborne Squad" engaged in an "operation to reclaim the planet from the Naytiba", and the promotion material promises "an enthralling narrative filled with mature themes, mystery and revelation. Embrace the relentless pace, with no time to pause between moments where critical, story-changing decisions are made."

It's to be compared to games like Nier: Automata, Devil May Cry 5, Jedi: Fallen Order and Sekiro. And the screenshots look like this:

And yeah, unlike Bayonetta she's not supposed to be an unstoppable force of nature (and fashion) who is immune to self-doubt, she's supposed to be the scrappy underdog last survivor of her team.

Weird they gave her a costume that conveys... the opposite of literally everything they're supposed to be trying to tell you about her.

-wincenworks

#stellar blade #hades #hades 2 #aphrodite #character design #costume design #commentary #mark kern #gamergate #dead domain #video games #false equivalence #blade and soul #nier automata #devil may cry #star wars #sekiro #bayonetta #firefall #science fiction #mythology #Greek #image #video #bikini armor battle damage #bikiniarmorbattledamage #babd #Youtube

[carryoncastiel]

Mòrag Ladair from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Proof that Monolith Soft actually can design non sexualized female amor...if the character is supposed to be wearing “men’s clothes”.

#morag ladair #xenoblade chronicles 2 #xenoblade chronicles #xenoblade #monolith soft #seriously I would just praise them for once putting a female character in clothes that look like you could fight in them #but then they had to ruin it with the 'she dresses like a guy' bit #how is it men's clothes if it's clearly made for her... #still love her though #@bikiniarmorbattledamage #bikini armor battle damage #gaming #blah blah blah

[the-cowardly-wastrel]

Wanted to share some feminist blogs I follow, feel free to add anyone you recommend following too!

Feminist blogs:

http://bikiniarmorbattledamage.tumblr.com/ - critiques horrible costumes of video game female characters and the rhetoric defending them

http://eschergirls.tumblr.com/ - user-submitted gallery of ridiculous depictions of women in the media, focusing on anatomy

http://yayfeminism.com/ - general feminist blog

Feminist news sites:

https://femhype.com/- video game news site specifically for women and non-binary people

https://www.themarysue.com/- geek culture news site focused on diversity

Positive female-led blogs and comics:

http://fuckyeahwomeninarmor.tumblr.com/, http://babesinarmor.tumblr.com/, http://fuckyeahwarriorwomen.tumblr.com/- posts amazing art of women in practical armor

http://www.rejectedprincesses.com/- shares the stories of women throughout history in a Disney-esque style; stories are organized with a movie rating scale

http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com- follows the story of a famous ex-super heroine as she tries to help the world without using her powers

http://rockandriotcomic.com/- follows the story of LGBTQ+ teen gangs learning about themselves in the 1950′s

http://sidekickgirl.net/- follows the story of a young woman relegated to the role of sidekick when she didn’t meet the expected physical apperance standards of female super heroines 

#feminism #blog recommendations #women #bikini armor battle damage #babd #escher girls #yayfeminism #femhype #themarysue #women in armor #rejected princesses #strong female protagonist #rock and riot #sidekick girl #video games #comics #webcomics #lgbtqa #lgbtq #superheroes

[kriscrash]

Mazken redesign, because some bikini armours make great evening wear inspiration.

#mazken #elder scrolls #redesign #daedra #Bikini Armor Battle Damage

[tvguts]

wait what's so offensive about your style? it's pretty cute and most of your characters dont seem to even have a race (due to not being human) and seem to proudly be cool with their own skin. I personally think your style is sick as hell and love it

anime titties :/

#you know. in a nutshell #bikini armor battle damage would HATE lily i’m sure of it #irrelevance #also red and slammer something something rap stereotypes