Unit concept art/request: Modern Samurai

[DJ Bonebraker]

Well, this idea is the result of the CFC user's mod, Leafing through numerous Final fantasy Strategy guides, and long hours of boredom standing watch on my radar console. If this unit gets made, I'm going to use it as the UU for my civ in the CFC users mod, as well as the Modern defensive unit in my Final Fantasy mod.

Well, here's a picture to work off of. The coloring of the clothes and armor I leave up to whoever decides to make this unit.

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

Shouldn't Kal-El's and I's Industrial Samurai be made first, then this unit...man, i've been waiting for someone to make that for months. That is a good drawing though, looks more fantasy-estue than realistic however, since swords aren't used by soldiers anymore except for cermonial purposes.

 

[Dease]

IMO his sketches should become a sticky there'd be a much better chance of the great sketches being made into units, I'm going to have to go on a search find the thread soon to see if there's any thing I like the look of

As for the sketch above I'd say (s)he should only use the gun for attacking and such, but maybe swing it around or something for a fidget.

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

Yes, Dease, this is a female soldier, although it's kinda hard to tell that with all the plate armor she has on. I agree about only using the gun for attack. The stance I drew her in is at the bottom position of a sword salute, before the sword is returned to the upright position, and then returned to the scabbard (maybe that could be the victory animation).

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

Modern times yes, but before that this unit wouldn't of had happened, since our ancestors weren't into this whole equal opertunity thing, to say the least.

Check out Kal-El's concept scetches and you'll see the Industrial Samurai(Though it should have armor to pretect against shrapnel, Kal-El forgot that part)

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

Sword, I've seen some of Kal-el's sketches, and I've been impressed. However, since he's in Navy boot camp for the next few months, somebody has got to fill in for him.

And you're right about the whole equal opportunity thing. Still, I'm one of appearantly very few people who're lobbying for more gender diversity in the game. Also, since the entire FF series has had women in prominent roles in all but maybe the first game, that's also why I'd use this as a unit for my FF mod.

Another reason is that in the CFC users mod, my civ is based on a country in a fantasy story I'm writing (my user name is the name of the main charachter), that's set in an altenate universe, where many things are similar or the same as our earth, but there are also many differences. For one thing, orcs, oni, youkai, halflings, tengu, and elves are all real, and magic and other supernatural powers are more predominant. In this country, the main chararcters love intrest/occasional professional rival and sparring partner is a girl name Sakura Tanaka who, at the age of 16, became the leader of the most powerful ninja clan in the country (the main character is the leader of the most powerful ronin group, which is why they were occasional professional rivals). When they're both hired by Eiji Minamoto to expose the king's evil plot, they team up and eventually overthrow the king (Sakura duels the king mano-a-mano, since the king was resonsible for killing her family). After all the fighting, they get married, but even as queen, she maintains the leadership of her ninja clan, which becomes the ultra-elite special forces of the country. The Seiryu kingdom, unlike many other asian nations (both in the real world and my alternate one) gave women a far more equal status. Of course that would only be prudent, when the ruler's wife is one of the few people in the country who could defeat him in single combat (armed or unarmed). This soldier represents the modern age version of the Arashi-tai, Sakura's ninja clan.

Well, that was kinda long-winded, but I hope that clears some things up.

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

So it has to do with a personal project of yours eh? Asia, especially China, has historically treated women the worst. I wonder how that would effect relations between the countries...