Junichi, Clockwork Ronin

Finished with the finished and finalized design for Junichi.

Her story is set in the steampunk universe where humanity has taken a new turn to steam powered electronics with iconic clockwork and armor fashion. Junichi (ironically meaning "obidient one") is a Onna-Bugeisha- in simple words a female samurai. After disrepecting her master though, she ends up getting demoted (or upgraded depending on how you look at it) to ronin. A ronin is a masterless samurai that either got that way from lossing their master in combat to being "disowned" in a way. Now she has to wander through this steampunk universe by herself while still trying to live up to her samurai ideals.

Early designs of her mostly focusing on gas masks and head gear. It was hard trying to decide how traditional I should go with the whole design concentrating on the fact that she can't be absolutely traditional samurai plus she's also a ronin so her style would vary differently from person to person.

After choosing an outfit and face I like, I worked on the color scheme. With her Asian heritage it's easy to see Junichi with black hair and brown eyes so no worry there. I had to work in a bunch of browns and rust yellow into the armor since Steampunk is know for a more brown/muddy color steams having to deal with lots of metal and dirt.

Finished Design of Junichi sans her goggles and mask (I shall be adding that in shortly). In original Onna-Bugeisha's they were a thin chest plate that I translated into a very loose corset( steampunk women are practically know for their corsets) and ended up using more traditional armor for her shoulder pads and waist  .