Getting Ready for the Final Battle - io9 Comments

Getting Ready for the Final Battle

themysteriousx — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:20:34 PDT

Why are we presuming that the character is a girl? Outside of pre-existing potential reference points, it could be a dude.

Personally, I think it is one of the brothers from Hanson. Or it might be Gunter Nelson.

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t3chg1rl — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:10:09 PDT

And she's wearing goggles! I vote that someone should write a story based on this picture, and then it should be made into a movie. <3

t3chg1rl

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Benjo — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:20:15 PDT

@Nivair: Nice work, this is really great.

Benjo

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ndgmtlcd — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:49:25 PDT

If you're thinking of a cute space suited girl with a robot sidekick then Jake Parker's Lucy Nova (Agent 44) predates Aaron Diaz's Kimiko (in Dresden Codak) by several years. But the style here makes me think of the more futuristic paintings of Robert T. McCall (aka Bob McCall) who did the posters for 2001, concept art for ST:TMP, murals for NASA, and tons of SF paintings that look like movie posters but aren't.

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BSAKat — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:55:38 PDT

Looks like she's wearing Warcaster armor and that little bugger on her shoulder is a servitor.

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Skeller — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:37:23 PDT

I'm more interested in the one on his site with the robots with chainsaws and branches tied to their heads. That's got something going on.

Skeller

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botanicidal — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:38:36 PDT

that chick has awesome nostrils. Oh yeah, and the image is fab.

botanicidal

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Dark4eons — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:55:17 PDT

Is there any place where I might find this awesome image in a 1920x1200 format because it'd make a killer wallpaper ;)

Dark4eons

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valarmorghulis — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:22:41 PDT

This kinda reminds me of the armor style for the upcomming Huxley MMOFPS game.

valarmorghulis

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Plague — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:22:35 PDT

Okay, it reminds me of Maya Miyazaki or Eito minus the hentai plus CGI.

Plague

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Plague — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:14:52 PDT

@twreckx:
Sorta- but exile is a tad more steampunk

Plague

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twreckx — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:02:53 PDT

@Plague: The first thing that came to mind seeing these pics was the Anime Last Exile

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guibom — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:01:12 PDT

Girl in an exoskeleton == Metroid?!

guibom

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Plague — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:55:23 PDT

Reminiscent of a ton of japanese artists working in graphix and manga, but that doesn't make them any less tasty.

Too bad I can't remember any of those artists name right now...

Plague

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Discrete-Daniel — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:53:22 PDT

@icelight: I didn't notice that at first, but you're right. The picture is very Dresden Codak-ish.

Dresden Codak would make an awesome movie.

Discrete-Daniel

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Nivair H. Gabriel — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:12:45 PDT

Yeah, this is totally awesome. Hello, new desktop background ...

Nivair H. Gabriel

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icelight — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:11:08 PDT

I have to say it looks like he may have been inspired the gorgeous (if slightly less digitally realistic) work of one of my favorite webcomics, Dresden Codak http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_021.htm The girl with goggles, the exoskeleton with feathers, the little robot friend (named Hob in the comic) the descending pillars of fire and explosions with ships overhead... While none of these are unique in themselves, for them all to appear in such close proximity in both is suspicious at best.

icelight

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workingonyourinvoice — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:11:05 PDT

Awesome vehicle designs. Very cool stuff.

workingonyourinvoice