Onnu-Musha (Female Samurai)

This is some of the sketches I did for my new Character model. For the drawings I was hoping to go more for a traditional Samurai Garb but then decided I wanted to practice and showcase anatomy of a female (seeing as how I have never worked with the female body in 3D Space) So I am leaning more towards traditional shoulders with an open side. I am going to draw more clothing options over my christmas break so I have a better idea of what I want.


Brief Crappy, Grammatically incorrect Character Bio:

• Female Samurai Type Warrior
• Main Weapon to Be Traditional Japanese Longbow
• Of course keep Daito on outfit
  

Father always told her stories of great samurai legends and as a female knew she would never be trained the same way as a man would. Always jealous of her older brothers training and education she started observing all the training in her free time when she wasn’t cooking and cleaning there home. The Families clan went to battle with a neighboring clan and she was left home to clean, maintain and defend her home (All women know martial arts for when the men went to battle). Weeks passed and the men of her home never came home. Eventually the rest of the clan came home and was missing many men among the missing was her family. They had been defeated in battle and forced into seppuku. Though taught to think much less of death she was devastated by the loss of her father and brother. Her dream of fighting along side of her father, though in reality never likely to happen, was now over. She leaves her village with a bitter taste in her mouth for how structured civilization. She is a wanderer now she trains alone dueling people when ever the chance is given, though skeptical of fighting a women the men never stand down. She is now considered a female ronin to the people she encounters.