Now This Is The Female Shepard We Should Be Voting For

13 years ago

July 27, 2011 at 7:30 pm

I don’t like the new female Commander Shepard. Mostly because it’s stupid they’re changing her in the first place, but also because in all options looks like a 19 year-old who’s angry the Ford Fiesta her parents bought her just got a parking ticket.

But these pieces of fan art from Brazilian Rafael Grassetti, I like. OK, so there’s a gaping hole in her body armour, but aside from that nod to sauciness the rest of her looks lean, mean and ready to kick some alien arse. Just like Commander Shepard should.

Not that this is an attempt at a female Shepard. It’s just fan art, “inspired” by the Mass Effect universe. But that won’t stop me dreaming!

Oh, and Grasetti should be a name you’re familiar with: he’s the guy who made that unbelievable Thane sculpture we showed you a few months back. Talented bloke!

Hoshi [The Art of Rafael Grasetti]

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Aidan

July 27, 2011 at 7:44 pm

It looks better than the others.

Not too sure about the armour, but I like the overall feeling of toughness.

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mark

July 27, 2011 at 7:46 pm

Yeah, nah. Too much cleavage, but other then that’s her designs isn’t too bad

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1. DeeK
  
  July 27, 2011 at 11:47 pm
  
  The cleavage is actually another defense mechanism, albeit one that (generally) works with males only.
  
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AnonymousPessimist

July 27, 2011 at 7:50 pm

This is a much more believable captain Shepard than the other femsheps on display.

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TJ

July 27, 2011 at 7:50 pm

This wouldn’t be a bad concept design for a female adept/engineer companion.

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Akra

July 27, 2011 at 7:52 pm

What’s with the neck?

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BrontoThunder

July 27, 2011 at 7:52 pm

She doesn’t look like she could kick anyone or anything’s arse.

Skinny as a twig and the always crappily-designed cleavage-over-practicality armour.

Give me the actual FemShep any day.

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1. Karachi King
  
  July 27, 2011 at 9:22 pm
  
  I concur.
  
  She looks like a damsel in distress who just happened across her manly rescuer’s gun.
  
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markD

July 27, 2011 at 7:56 pm

Outfits like that make me embarrassed to be someone that is enthusiastic about playing games. You can talk up the ‘deep storyline of mass effect’ to someone as much as you like but show them that picture and see if they believe you.

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1. Raquel
  
  January 9, 2012 at 1:46 pm
  
  THIS.
  Thank you.
  
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Devlin

July 27, 2011 at 8:00 pm

Still find it funny thats its that big of a deal considering you can make your own version of Sheppard, male or female, so the whole default look debate is kind of a moot point in my opinion

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Becca

July 27, 2011 at 8:00 pm

needs bigger breasts

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RaygunBrown

July 27, 2011 at 8:05 pm

Well I’m inherently against any Sheperd that doesn’t rock a John Waters moustachelike mine but I’m especially against this harlot slutting her way through the Terminus
systems. Is her first line going to be ‘Yeah daddy I got what you need?’ Poor old Captain Anderson wouldn’t know where to look.

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CookingMama

July 27, 2011 at 8:05 pm

I like the idea of the tattoos, the rest it a bit meh.

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alinos

July 27, 2011 at 8:17 pm

at least it’s more than a passport photo. which was the main issue with the others.

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LDX

July 27, 2011 at 8:35 pm

that doesn’t look right for a proper shepard that has been through the events of ME1+2 – a battle hardened leader of humanity.

but i do agree that the new official femshep looks to be early twenties.

as a character the artwork seems more similar to kasumi but more badass – kinda like a ME version of GI Joe’s Baroness.

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rantOclock

July 27, 2011 at 8:44 pm

Definitely better than the stuff Bioawre put out. But there’s the glaring problem of the BREAST-plate armour and a super model physique. Not saying she has to be ugly, but she needs to look like she could throw a Krogan out of a window.

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tsengan

July 27, 2011 at 8:45 pm

I like it, if anything because I find her look Asiatic, which matches with my femshep.

But my femshep wouldn’t be caught wearing armour like that.

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Scared

July 27, 2011 at 8:48 pm

Face gets a tick, rest not so much.

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Strange

July 27, 2011 at 8:50 pm

She looks like Lara Flynn Boyle.

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1. Stephen
  
  July 28, 2011 at 9:58 am
  
  From her MiB 2 incarnation.
  
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bhrack

July 27, 2011 at 8:54 pm

I like the uh… hmm.

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Korolev

July 27, 2011 at 9:02 pm

That armour is ridiculous. There is nothing wrong with the original N7 Armour. This is just pandering.

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Kizaru

July 27, 2011 at 9:11 pm

Looks like Michelle Yeoh
http://bit.ly/psN9XZ
and Maggie Q put together
http://bit.ly/mVuT44

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1. ndmx
  
  July 27, 2011 at 9:53 pm
  
  I thought she looked a bit more like Lucy Liu
  
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2. Hiero
  
  July 27, 2011 at 10:11 pm
  
  Actually, she looks more like Lucy Liu to me, though I can see where you’re coming from with Michelle Yeoh; I thought that too at first.
  
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Chuloopa

July 27, 2011 at 9:28 pm

-facepalm-
Let me guess, luke – You like it because it has tits?

While the head looks cool, the rest is a resounding ‘meh’ from me… i’m really over “armor here, tits there” designs.

Why take something respectable and make it trashy and impracticle? I just don’t get it.

Part of what makes mass effect so immersive is making Ashley look like freakin’ tank on missions

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StaplerPirate

July 27, 2011 at 9:32 pm

I like cleavage as much as the next person… But in space and with the pew pew pew, I would hardly call that functional.

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brengear

July 27, 2011 at 9:33 pm

Tired of cleavage being on display in games. The armour does look great though.

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Bish

July 27, 2011 at 9:36 pm

Hey, I have a Ford Fiesta!
High-five, pre-determined Bioware FemSheps!
o/

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Neo Kaiser

July 27, 2011 at 9:46 pm

Reminds me of Flemeths “redesign” in Dragon Age 2. You know, how they gave a 500 year old woman a skin tight outfit with cleavage.

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Powalen

July 27, 2011 at 10:24 pm

No no no, she looks like a slightly more badass Olivia Williams!

Anyway, besides the “armour”, this is a pretty nice design.

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Underworld

July 27, 2011 at 10:37 pm

Don’t like it. I really liked number 3 out of the 6. That or the default one we all ready have.

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Daniel Green

July 27, 2011 at 10:45 pm

Is it just me or does her face look like Liv Tyler?

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Dunnowhathuh

July 28, 2011 at 12:18 am

Nah, too sexualised. Reminds me of a dominatrix.

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uguito93

July 28, 2011 at 1:11 am

yeah the massive fringe looks like a failed attempt at looking edgy. plus that armor does not look like its doing a good job of protecting vital organs

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Daniel

July 28, 2011 at 2:13 am

She is a bit to skinny for my taste, but I like the face looks great 🙂

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Reoh

July 28, 2011 at 3:37 am

Agreed. Given the “story” of Shep, none of the voting pictures really fitted the bill for me. FemShep can look good, but considering what she’s gone through she oughta look a damn lot tougher and less barbie in space.

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Exaemo

July 28, 2011 at 4:30 am

It’s an ugly Miranda.

I’d pick any of the 6 Bioware alternatives over this.

And look, I did. I voted 3.

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prashy

July 28, 2011 at 7:45 am

Of course a man would pick the costume with cleavage involved, and then try to put a ‘legitimate’ reason as to why this customer he likes better.

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prashy

July 28, 2011 at 7:46 am

*costume

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giort08

July 28, 2011 at 8:18 am

People, this is FAN ART. It wont be in the game, and it’s not a redesign, so just settle down and appreciate it for what it is, an awesome piece of art work…

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HotDamn!

July 28, 2011 at 10:26 am

Now we’re talking!

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nightFlarer

July 28, 2011 at 10:31 am

Oh, I know this guy. Yeah, this isn’t official or anything, just a portfolio piece. Character artists usually go for stylistic designs, rather than plain and boring.

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Cody

July 28, 2011 at 11:06 am

Wow, this is fantastic!

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RobbyM

July 28, 2011 at 11:11 am

at least the bad guys know where to aim to bypass the armour!

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Mav

July 28, 2011 at 1:46 pm

This looks like Lucy Liu

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Sam Timmins

July 28, 2011 at 11:19 pm

Why oh why are ZERO of these frakking designs NON-CAUCASIAN?!?!

(I play as a redheaded African-American woman. Something you never see in movies and rarely in gaming.)

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1. Grainne Gillespie
  
  January 9, 2012 at 4:57 am
  
  Take another look, that character’s non-caucasian, she’s got a definate Asian look going.
  
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Marcus

January 9, 2012 at 7:53 am

She looks more like a teammate. She does look cool though.

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Raquel

January 9, 2012 at 1:49 pm

Arrrg after reading Dr. Nerdlove’s “Male privilege” article this really irks me. I definitely wouldnt vote for that. Get some proper armor for frack’s sake. Even Miranda is more covered up than that.

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bud

January 9, 2012 at 4:44 pm

it looks like a rendering of a young Lara Flynn Boyle.

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