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TOMBOY 2 - 2 "NARRATOR" (Armoured Reference)

This is a base colour and proportion reference for my character Narrator.

A sniper by training, and RIO by necessity, she has seen the highs and lows of the Chronological Adjustment Guild's operations. Preferring to take on a guardian angel type role, she opts for an anti-materiel rifle in order to keep both her team at a safe distance, and to provide friendly forces with constant updates on new developments on an area of operations. She found her start as a saboteur for a PMC, leading asset denial missions to prevent the enemy from capturing downed friendly air assets. One fateful day, she meets "Canines", a downed-but-not-quite-dead A-10C II pilot. Having lost the majority of both of their friendlies on the field, she joins Canines on an ad hoc mission to steal an F-14 and finish the mission. After witnessing a harrowing slaughter and the sinking of their fleet, they part ways and go into hiding; but not before securely hiding their new plane somewhere nondescript. Years pass by and they find themselves working together time after time, though in different roles. Eventually, they are approached by, and coerced into joining the enigmatic Chronological Adjustment Guild.

Each of these variations on her design are simply how she might change her base colours and how she might paint her weapons for the kind of mission she is assigned to. Her signature pink helmet and full-face coverings remain the same through all theatres of war. I chose the JPC style plate-carrier for her as a defensive measure but also to maintain an extra level of mobility without sacrificing ballistic resistance in case she does need to get close. The abseiling harness is always present; and with her ever present helmet, they echo her experiences in the past, having typically been inserted via helicopter with her teams.

I found this sheet particularly challenging because there were so many standardized objects near her that I felt paranoid about the scale of things. I did my best to keep the proportions of her equipment consistent with her body, but it was definitely a new experience to push myself to be as meticulous as I could with the measurements. The colouring and detailing was actually kind of fun here, making me stop so many times to think "Oh, but would this feel natural to wear this like this? Or maybe there's a reason she likes to use X thing in Y manner so she made Z modifications to it!". I really enjoy this kind of thinking, and will definitely be trying this style of reference more often in the future!