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AdamWithers — Samus Aran
Published: 2012-05-01 16:11:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 6744; Favourites: 224; Downloads: 274
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Commission from C2E2 2012; Pencil.Never had the chance to draw this lovely lady before. Most of the pics of Samus I see portray her as some kind of Barbie-esque pin-up model sex fantasy in heavy armor, and that didn't make any sense to me. I figured this hard-ass intergalactic bounty hunter ought to look like she could kick some significant hindquarters. I figured she probably wouldn't be in there with her long hair in a loose ponytail, fixing her makeup and ready to hop out as fresh as a daisy when the killin' was done.
So this is my hard-ass Samus. Look out, Starbuck - she's creeping up on you.
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Did a couple different color schemes for her. Hope you like them! ~ [link] ~ ~ [link] ~
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I like 'em both! But the classic NES look is just pure nostalgia.
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I like this. I quite like this a lot. More mecha suit fleshed out than 's one drawing of her with the suit coming off. More reminiscent of a Tau Crisis Suit, with how she's in there.
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Thank you. I'm glad you approve.
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That suit...
I really wanna take a ride in it now...
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And who wouldn't? Nobody, that's who!
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You don't understand, that suit is her body. Its not something that she simply puts on its connected to her on an almost atomic level.
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Thank you. I appreciate the support.
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I like this 
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...And I would be completely okay with that portrayal.
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About goddammed time someone did this right! No seriously, I enjoy my lovely ladies as much as the next perv, but I also like my mecha too...and I don't see anybody wearing power armor looking fresh, clean or anything remotely similar. Thanks for this.
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Haha! SO COOL!
Thank you for not being part of the pin-up Samus plague that we've seen.
Hard-ass Samus' for the win!
She seems a bit small for the armor, but I guess that depends on how you see power armour fitting.
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I see the armor as a cross between heavy power-armor and a small mecha. She's the armor's pilot, not just its wearer. I mean, how else could it roll up into a little ball and drive around without crushing all of her limbs?
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A good point on all accounts. I've been crazy enough to try to imagine how the Morph Ball works, but...
That's a road I don't recommend driving down.
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And ANOTHER thing! Look at her shoulder-to-hip ratio! How redonculously broad-shouldered would that girl have to be to fit those proportions?!
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That's if you assume her shoulders even fit in the big globe things. It's more like they are filled with SCIENCE!
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Totally agree with your interpretation. Really dig the scale of it too!
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Thanks. The idea of the armor being more like Starcraft Marine armor - big, powerful, mech-like - just made more sense to me. Plus, when it rolls into a ball, she can just sit comfortably inside without her limbs being crushed.
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I love how you depict her here. I always thought the same, and here she both looks good and like she can kick some ass.
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Thanks a lot. I'm glad you approve and that my intent is coming across well. You never know, sometimes...
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XD Indeed. But no really, I'm glad to see that someone thought the same thing I did.
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A couple great minds thinking alike over here, huh?
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Hell yes. The added space may mean that it's harder to get into the armor, and that she'd be much bulkier while fighting than before, but quite honestly it LOOKS like a much more feasible device and Samus herself looks more like a badass hunter than any other version I've seen. Excellent work.
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Yeah, the suit is somewhere between heavy power armor and a small mecha, but that just makes sense to me. Looking at the games and how the armor handles (not to mention the "turning into a ball and rolling around" thing) it just wasn't practical for it to be a regular suit of human-sized armor.
Plus: Extra bad-ass. And it means all those alien things she's fought are actually HUGE compared to humans - even the smaller ones.
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True. I'd really hate to think of how large this makes Ridley. It WOULD explain how she'd actually be a little intimidated by him no matter how many times she faces him, though.
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Thank you. I'm really glad I'm not the only one.
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God Adam I adore this! *u*
Fantastic idea. BTW if I may ask how have you been? It's been some time since we have spoken last.
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I've been good. VERY busy, but good. A lot of big things on the horizon (few of which I can talk about yet) but good stuff is happening. Howzabout you?
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Aww no sharing secrets? Hahha I kid. Great hearing you are doing well.
I have been alright. Still holding a minimum wage job and still practicing my anatomy. I need more work but I am not going to quit just yet haha.
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Hey, at least you're keeping in there. A lot of people let it slide over time, but you're making it happen. EVERYBODY needs more work! 
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Hahaha I certainly hope so
Thank you for your kind words
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I approve of your approval.
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