Around Azeroth: Bad girls
This outtake from Dawn Moore's transmogrification column, which ran yesterday, shows a very accurate Samus Aran hanging out in Hellfire Peninsula. I'm simply amazed that Dawn was able to find plate armor that didn't instantly shrink to one-tenth its original size when placed on a female body. Then again, as Samus is apparently over 6 feet tall and about 200 pounds, I suspect her musculature might just burst through skimpier clothing. Maybe she should come trade practical fashion tips with Commander Shepard.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ylspeth Mar 9th 2012 10:36AM
Now that is just damn cool. Great job on the transmogrification and perfect screenshot for it.
jcbuckle_hachey Mar 9th 2012 10:43AM
Ok, I need this for my NElf Hunter...
Fathertouk Mar 9th 2012 10:55AM
Unfairly enough, this is a plate set. :( :(
jcbuckle_hachey Mar 9th 2012 10:57AM
Waaaaaahhhhhh....:( Dang gun threw me off.
Dawn Moore Mar 9th 2012 7:33PM
I'll work on a mail version this weekend.
Lunaticmoon Mar 9th 2012 11:33AM
Slight nerdy nitpick, but Samus Aran isn't nearly that large. It's actually her armor suit that gives her the real bulk, as the lovely blonde bounty hunter is rather slender without it on.
Regardless, this has got me wanting to roflstomp Space Pirates all over again. Well done on the transmog.
Dekota Mar 9th 2012 1:32PM
Actually...If you'd like to nitpick..
The ORIGINAL Samus Aran was VERY muscular and tall. If you look inside the player's guide for Super Metroid, you'll see that she's rather buff! :D She wasn't made into a toothpick till..I think Metroid Fusion? I believe that's the one where she spends more time out of her suit then in. I haven't played Metroid much since Prime xD Other M was a LAWL fest.... way to ruin what's ~probably~ game's very first strong female character..
Teresa Mar 9th 2012 8:38PM
Poor Samus. Reduced from bad ass bounty hunter, to just a hot chick in a suit. You can argue shes still badass, but people make it the main point she's really a hot chick and not really tall, strong, muscular, or masculine in ANY way. People want to hammer in she's a GURL, a pretty blonde, skinny, white woman so she doesnt intimidate male players.
Go ahead, google Samaus Aran. 9/10 Zero suit will come up. Or, if its shes in a power suit, it will be sexualized to hell: Her big googoo eyes are visible through the visor, or her helmet is off showing her obvious female face, or the suit itselt will take on a effeminate hourglass shape.
And checking a wiki, Samus is 6'3" and 198lbs without the armor.
jmsecc Mar 13th 2012 7:54AM
That actually has an Iron Man quality to it... may be closer to IM than to Samus.
Dude Mar 9th 2012 2:50PM
Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.
Arrohon Mar 9th 2012 3:17PM
Zero-suit Samus says she can wear as skimpy clothing as she wishes. Whether she should is the true debate.
archetypegamer Mar 10th 2012 1:48PM
My apologies. I personally never looked at either the player's guides or any of the wiki entries, so all I had to go on was what I personally saw on game screens and my own (fairly limited) knowledge of powered armor suits.
No, I'm not handing in my nerd card due to my ignorance. XD