Dungeons and dames. vixens of tabletops (SFW ONLY!)

[Morchana]

They make the person (appear) taller. But why in gods name would you need them when your drawing the person...

Exactly-- while heels make a girl taller, and emphasize her butt and boobs, you don't need them in a drawing-- especially a drawing of a supposed fighter.
Better realism than fashion, that's my opinion.

[FoE]

I don't mind Stripperiffic outfits — in fact, I quite appreciate them — but I draw the line at high heels on female fighters. Those are laughably impractical. Remember that piece of crap Van Helsing? All I could do was laugh whenever Kate Beckinsale tried to run in her hooker boots. No wonder she was useless in a fight.

I'm going to cross-post this image from the Manga thread in "Arts and Crafts." I don't want to get in the habit of borrowing pics from the Fanservice threads, but the Manga thread is not related to them. Plus, this version of Tsukiko is very meeeeoooowwwww.

[eepop]

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Gods bless you and your seemingly endless collection of lovely ladies, eepop.

[Comet]

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Thank you for this.

[Ryumaru]

Surprised that no-one here has posted the most awesomeful mechanic this side of the 'verse...





Now, that's what I call shiny.

[FoE]

Surprised that no-one here has posted the most awesomeful mechanic this side of the 'verse...

While Kaylee is definitely a cutie (quite a bit more in Firefly than in Stargate: Atlantis due to being a bit rail thin in the latter) there are three reasons for this:

1) This is technically an art thread. Not many live-action pics throughout, as you can see.
2) The thread veers more towards fantasy, although there are certainly quite a few cyberpunk/steampunk/modern fantasy pics sprinkled throughout.
3) Wars have been fought over who's the hottest member of the Firefly crew. In other words, YOU'VE DOOMED US ALL!

[Ravens_cry]

They make the person (appear) taller. But why in gods name would you need them when your drawing the person...

Actually, that isn't why they are considered sexy. It is because of the posture change the enforce. They force the back to arch and the butt to stick out and up in a posture known euphemistically as, 'presenting', a sign of receptiveness to mate. This screams to brains attracted to females, 'oh yeah, she wants me'.
Of course, they also wack out our balance. Making hand to hand flighting and running difficult at best.
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This picture puzzles me.

[jokey665]

Wars have been fought over who's the hottest member of the Firefly crew.

War's long done, we're all just folk now.

[Ryumaru]

While Kaylee is definitely a cutie (quite a bit more in Firefly than in Stargate: Atlantis due to being a bit rail thin in the latter) there are three reasons for this:

1) This is technically an art thread. Not many live-action pics throughout, as you can see.
2) The thread veers more towards fantasy, although there are certainly quite a few cyberpunk/steampunk/modern fantasy pics sprinkled throughout.
3) Wars have been fought over who's the hottest member of the Firefly crew. In other words, YOU'VE DOOMED US ALL!

Well, there -is- the Serenity RPG, but. =P Not exactly any drawn pictures of the canon crew.

... and three just seems silly.

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... we all know sensible and awesome people stick Kaylee at the height of the bangability spectrum. ;D

[Eldariel]

3) Wars have been fought over who's the hottest member of the Firefly crew. In other words, YOU'VE DOOMED US ALL!

Considering what I posted two pages ago (it inevitably leads to war over "Which FF girl is the most beautiful/awesome/whatever else metric?", "Terra or Celes?", "Best girl in fiction ever?", etc.) for my Goddess, this is nothing.

On a totally unrelated note, this came up with search "Random girl":

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I propose we institute a "picture per post"-rule (or at least "picture per two posts") here.

[The Rose Dragon]

I don't watch Firefly (or rather, didn't watch Firefly, as past tense seems more appropriate), but I think out of the actresses in Firefly, Jewel Staite is the most comely of them all.

Then again, I suppose that's why the war started, because starring on a TV show, all of them had to be comely to some degree, and different tastes call for different opinions.

That said...

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This is what my next character will look like.

[nekomata2]

I always preferred Zoe, shes a mixture of hot and badass...on topic, 2 of my favorite pictures from Complete Mage.

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My liking of that picture depends on if the transformation is going diagonally down, or up.
Now, here's soemthing this thread needs more of.

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[Serpentine]

I just wanted to say this picture always makes me think that Lidda has a head cold or the flu or something. Face pale except for a red nose and all. I know it's supposed to be cold or something in the picture but it looks more like she's sick.

It seems like there's on artist in particular (not sure whether it's the same one) who insists on drawing people who are either sick or drunk. Annoys the bajeebus out of me... Why the rosy-red nose? WHY?!

Some really lovely stuff everyone, especially Eepop I think there's some new stuff from some of my favourite Devian Tarts... Hopefully I can find some boys, too. Probably some re-posts.

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[img]http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs48/f/2009/169/5/b/Ai_****e_Knight_dudes_by_Lelia.jpg[/img]

I tried to stop, truly I did!

edit: Cuz I've already posted too many, I'm just gonna link to this guy I missed.

[eepop]

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[Mando Knight]

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This one made me sad because it reminds me of how her story ends. Why did they have to do that to her? Why? Can't they live happily ever after?

[tyckspoon]

Congratulations, Serp. You found the only intimidating picture of Tsunade I have ever seen.

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[Serpentine]

Congratulations, Serp. You found the only intimidating picture of Tsunade I have ever seen.

Which one's that? The Nauruto one?

I LOVE that girl with the dragon tatoo. Beautiful.

[taltamir]

This one made me sad because it reminds me of how her story ends. Why did they have to do that to her? Why? Can't they live happily ever after?

why does she have a... beard? weird chin scar?

[eepop]

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I really like the first one, just because its so rare to see some vixens that aren't adventurers or monsters.

[Shademan]

mmmh, like the last one. And the armour is fine too

[Scorpina]

Actually, that isn't why they are considered sexy. It is because of the posture change the enforce. They force the back to arch and the butt to stick out and up in a posture known euphemistically as, 'presenting', a sign of receptiveness to mate. This screams to brains attracted to females, 'oh yeah, she wants me'.
Of course, they also wack out our balance. Making hand to hand flighting and running difficult at best.

I've also heard it suggested that because of the way heels make a woman's (or a man's, for that matter) calf muscles look different, it suggests 'fleeing beast' to some 'predatory' aspect of the male (or 'attracted to womenfolk' anywho) psyche.

Of course, that could also just be a load of old dingo's kidneys.

[The Tygre]

I've also heard it suggested that because of the way heels make a woman's (or a man's, for that matter) calf muscles look different, it suggests 'fleeing beast' to some 'predatory' aspect of the male (or 'attracted to womenfolk' anywho) psyche.

Of course, that could also just be a load of old dingo's kidneys.

I always thought it had something to do with pushing up the gluts. Kind of pointless, when you consider how fantasy artists draw T&A anyway...

[FoE]

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I like the air of menace with this one.

[Serpentine]

There's a bit of a story to it. What the artist says:

She is the forest creature who lures lonely travellers to the depth of the woods where they find only terrible death. Inspired by the song Grethen by Éeowin&Rosa Alba

While we're at it, another one, from a recently discovered Devian Tart (think I already posted some of hers):

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[Renegade Paladin]

I've also heard it suggested that because of the way heels make a woman's (or a man's, for that matter) calf muscles look different, it suggests 'fleeing beast' to some 'predatory' aspect of the male (or 'attracted to womenfolk' anywho) psyche.

Of course, that could also just be a load of old dingo's kidneys.

Considering that a (mentally stable, at any rate) man won't be thinking of a woman he's attracted to as prey... that doesn't really make sense.

[Woodsman]

Considering that a (mentally stable, at any rate) man won't be thinking of a woman he's attracted to as prey... that doesn't really make sense.

I think it's really more subconscious.

[Serpentine]

Considering that a (mentally stable, at any rate) man won't be thinking of a woman he's attracted to as prey... that doesn't really make sense.

That's not what the theory says. It says that that particular bit of imagery will trigger something in the man's subconcious that says "chase". I'm skeptical of this theory, but don't say it's claiming something it's not - in this case, that the man conciously thinks of the woman as prey.