Nailclipper Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 I have to admit that DE has really talented concept artists. They also pay attention to details, like, if you view Inaros Prime from the front, his helmet/face has fake eyes (his real eyes are hidden and only visible from the side). In this thread we want to take a look at the new 'mech, the Bonewidow: Spoiler The "helmet" combined with how the shield hangs in front of her body when it's not in use makes her look like a woman in a mourning dress: Spoiler I think the artists chose to translate this look because they thought that it would fit the 'mech's short ranged specialist theme - and it did. Now the "old" Voidrig has been on my mind since it was revealed and since apparently no one has been talking about how it looks like apart from the corncob thing, I've to say that the artists wanted to combine a tomb with a skeleton: Spoiler The helmet reminds me of tombs in India like this one: Spoiler What do you think? Do you agree with me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvid Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 40 minutes ago, Nailclipper said: his real eyes Er... most warframes don't have eyes, and the one that does definitely doesn't have them on the outside of his helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circle_of_Psi Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 And why is this relevant?, you may wanna change that title a tat bit, cuz that's gonna open all kinds of can of worms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(XBOX)C11H22O11 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 22 minutes ago, Circle_of_Psi said: And why is this relevant?, you may wanna change that title a tat bit, cuz that's gonna open all kinds of can of worms. I think they want to use the mech in other ways... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circle_of_Psi Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, (XBOX)C11H22O11 said: I think they want to use the mech in other ways... Oh, well in that case, do I have a image for them to enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeMonkey Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 First on tonights news we have found that the Bone"Widow" mech looks like a woman in mourning, and we'll be discussing the apparent surprise at this fact. Following that we have an interview with the well known author of "water, is it really wet?", Mr No S#&$ Sherlock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nailclipper Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 58 minutes ago, Corvid said: Er... most warframes don't have eyes, and the one that does definitely doesn't have them on the outside of his helmet. You are right. In the case of Inaros though, he has a base head like Chroma/Prime and all of his alternative "heads" are "helmets" that go on top of his base head. This head has a set of eyes. 8 minutes ago, DeMonkey said: First on tonights news we have found that the Bone"Widow" mech looks like a woman in mourning, and we'll be discussing the apparent surprise at this fact. Following that we have an interview with the well known author of "water, is it really wet?", Mr No S#&$ Sherlock. Indeed. For someone who isn't familiar with that, it's pretty fascinating to me. Moreover how the artists could integrate that look into the 'mech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SneakyErvin Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Yes and no, sprinkeled with some yup and nope. It is designed to look like a mourning woman, is it a female robot though? No it is a lump of metal and bones. Both it and Corncobilus Prime are simply just using regular old techno-fantasy gothic designs i.e buildings, style and people from the gothic era. edit: BW actually reminds me alot of a Sister of Battle from 40k or a Valkyrie from Mutant Chronicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32768 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Check this out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackHargreav Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Yeah. After a gun wielding blocky design we got a smooth rounder design with a name that has widow in it. It is a bit obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanaukas Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Why are everyone acting so witty here? This is a nice thread, the dude is putting pieces together to try to underdtand the design and while it was kinda obvious about the base sex of that mech, I find really cool that they don't just pick random names and actually always try to visually represent their intentions, something incredibly hard imho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)Apoleon_amarr Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Hehehe bonewidow r34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nailclipper Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 39 minutes ago, 32768 said: Check this out The Lunastra armor set could be based on that: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SneakyErvin Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 1 hour ago, vanaukas said: Why are everyone acting so witty here? This is a nice thread, the dude is putting pieces together to try to underdtand the design and while it was kinda obvious about the base sex of that mech, I find really cool that they don't just pick random names and actually always try to visually represent their intentions, something incredibly hard imho Well one could also just say it is inspired by Spartans, since part of the origins to the word Widow comes from ancient greek, meaning "unmarried man". It also wields a shield and has a crecent thingy ontop of the head. Does it make sense? Absolutely not whatsoever! edit: Fun fact, uhm sidenote. One of the translations of the english word Widow in swedish means "Child of a wh**e". Me as a swede did not know that until today. Thank you thread. edit2: "Bone" Widow makes all the more sense now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeMonkey Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 1 hour ago, vanaukas said: Why are everyone acting so witty here? To do otherwise would be unbecoming of me. Someone makes a thread about the Bonewidow being a female bot because it looks like a Widow. I comment on how incredibly unsurprising that is. Sure, the artistic link is interesting enough, but the "it's female because it looks like a mourning woman" when it's literally called Bonewidow definitely deserves a bit of poking at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanaukas Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 15 minutes ago, DeMonkey said: To do otherwise would be unbecoming of me. Someone makes a thread about the Bonewidow being a female bot because it looks like a Widow. I comment on how incredibly unsurprising that is. Sure, the artistic link is interesting enough, but the "it's female because it looks like a mourning woman" when it's literally called Bonewidow definitely deserves a bit of poking at. idk today I just wanna bring love to the world, love for you too dear monkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nailclipper Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, DeMonkey said: To do otherwise would be unbecoming of me. Someone makes a thread about the Bonewidow being a female bot because it looks like a Widow. I comment on how incredibly unsurprising that is. Sure, the link is interesting enough, but the "it's female because it looks like a mourning woman" when it's literally called Bonewidow definitely deserves a bit of poking at. BTW for people who don't grow in western culture like me, that Victorian-mourning-dress-wearing-woman-look in Bonewidow may not be obvious. But this thread is mainly about how DE artist could creatively make a 'mech to look like that. Have you ever thought that maybe because they needed to incorporate the 'mech's big ass shield into the look, they chose a "widow"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nslay Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Both of them are now Warframes according to player profiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)robotwars7 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 5 hours ago, Nailclipper said: What do you think? Do you agree with me? well, I also figured that since Voidrig appears to be the first prototype of a Necramech, the focus wasn't on looks but practicality and getting it to work. . I could see the Orokin saying "these mechs are bada$$ but.... they're ugly, can't you make them look a bit sleeker and more streamlined?" when you crate a new product, designers will put function before form, then once the product can do what it's designed to do, you can then spend time on making it look more appealing. but yes, Bonewidow is a fembot. when I first saw the Shield deactivated it reminded me of an Apron.. Bonewidow could pose quite well as a killer Maid mech (and something about killer maids is really cool.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nailclipper Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 17 minutes ago, (PSN)robotwars7 said: Shield deactivated it reminded me of an Apron.. Yeah I knew that someone would say this, especially how it dangles in front of her body (chassis). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakhul Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 So, apparently no one here really noticed that the actual reference Bonewidow draws from, is the ancient torture device known as Iron Maiden. It also draws from the Scandinavian Mythology, the Shield- Maidens, which were in many instances, Female Vikings that took place in warfare, holding a sword and a shield. You also have Valkyries, commonly depicted as female warriors, also wearing sword and shield. Bonewidow to me, really takes the reference of the Shield Maidens on not just her 2nd ability, but also the obvious design of sword and shield. Her appearance however, looks like they took the ancient torture device known as the Iron Maiden, and combined it with elements of Warhammer 40k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypernaut1 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 cool observations. I didnt put much thought into, but now that yoube pointed it out, i can appreciate it a bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)Yggranya Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 You can fondle that sleek metal body, but it will remain unmoved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TzXtetriC Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 9 hours ago, Circle_of_Psi said: Oh, well in that case, do I have a image for them to enjoy Next frame inc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr4gb4ll Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 hmm, maybe we get a 'rolling pin' melee weapon for her too? i remember there was such a weapon in another game... fallout, maybe? but then again this might be seen as an insult to the feminist movement 😁 14 hours ago, Corvid said: Er... most warframes don't have eyes, and the one that does definitely doesn't have them on the outside of his helmet. they don't really have 'helmets' either, even though they were called as such before DE changed that to neuroptics (still the 'alternate' ones still called that). the whole frame is one bio-mech and any optical sensors are integrated any unlikely as such a 'structual' weakpoint as eyes are to us living animals - especially if a brain would be behind those eyes... but i'm nitpicking here, sorry ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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