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The First of the Search from The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Been drawing this stuff too much lately.

Definitely keeping the Norse/Viking influences in the designs concerning her culture, since the author clearly has drawn his inspiration from the Jötnar/Hrímthursar; they even have names like "Rime" (Hrím) and "Frost-" in the later volumes. TF strongly reminds me of Jötnar like Járnsaxa ('Iron-Seax').

Her sword is inspired by a Viking-age blade found in a Finnish warrior woman's grave. It belongs to one of the most beautiful prehistoric swords found in Finland.

(c) Stephen R. Donaldson

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*Paudraic Sep 26, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Cool style.
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~sipowicz1993 Sep 26, 2011
Good God, this is incredible! Thanks for posting it to the FemaleMuscle group, so we got a chance to see it!
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=zorm Oct 2, 2011   Digital Artist
No problem. Someone else requested it, I didn't know about the group's existence.
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~MusclegirlKyoko Sep 26, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
good drawing!

it is from game?
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~nanamegami Sep 7, 2011
I really, really dig the textures here, both metal and rock and moss. I don't know how you did them, but they really add atmosphere.

I also LOVE the woman. You actually drew a woman in armor with a proper body, for the most part (no, she's not 'overweight', she has muscles O.o) Her armor looks sensible, well designed, I really like it. (Yes, her breasts are a bit big for my taste, but that's my taste and by no means a negative aspect of the picture)


...Sorry for the random comment from a random person from randomia, I just wanted to drop a comment after stumbling on your gallery and really liking this piece the most.
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=zorm Sep 11, 2011   Digital Artist
No need to apologize, I love reading people's comments. :) They're altogether too rare these times.

I'm not too fond of the present-day portrayal of warrior women in chain mail bikinis, all vital organs exposed to sharp, pointy objects. Unless one's skin is made of flint, that's scarcely practical (besides, the First of the Search was described to carry proper armor in the books).

Anyhow, glad you liked it. :)
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Mood: Excited ~Effaeldm Jul 12, 2011
Thank you for uploading your art to DA, not all the people find the Watch easily, maybe even some of those not aquainted with SRD's books will get to read them :)

This one is among the most awesome of your works, a rare and wonderful combination of fantasy and realism.
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~Zousha Jul 5, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
It's always impressive to see feminine armor that actually looks like armor. :)
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~Qlockwork Jun 11, 2011  Student Traditional Artist
Too much? There can't be too much of your stuff? This is awesome!
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*Tizrak Jun 10, 2011
Nice work - I really like it!
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