Susan getting ready to shoot her bow in a scene from one of the Narnia movies. Not sure which one, though.
“An onna-bugeisha (女武芸者?) was a female warrior. Members of the samurai class in feudal Japan, they were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honor in times of war.”
- WikipediaSource:http://www.retronaut.com/2013/02/female-samurai/
* While female samurai existed, from what I was able to track down about this photo it actually came from a set of photos taken of a Kubiki Theater troop at the time.
She’s still got a bit of the sculpted breastplate going on… but all-in-all, not bad for fantasy armor.
Hilde, Soul Calibur IV, Namco Bandai Games
Nightingale armor created and modeled by the artist known as Beebichu over at Deviant Art. If you check out her page, she’s got a lot more images of the various armors she’s created for cosplay.

