A viking warrior woman! I tried to keep things reasonably historically accurate, especially around the clothing (though the shoulder plate is a creative liberty). The tattoo is drawn from real tattoos found on preserved vikings, and the hair was a style I hoped would fit the viking bravado, but also be practical during combat.
My aim was to create a woman who looked slightly older than my usual characters (I aimed for 30 / 40 something), and had a realistic body type for the type of exercise a viking warrior would experience. I eventually settled on decathlon athletes as my primary body reference, since their sport involves both upper body / throwing movement, and a lot of leg work, similar to the exercise you’d do on a battlefield. I think I’m reasonably happy with the result by the end.
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