Kōtiro

Main playable character. She’s a girl in her late teens or very early 20s.

Update September 24th 2009

The mesh is pretty much complete.

Update September 15th 2009

Here are some body sketches. I want her to be well-built, and athletic. These sketches don’t show it, but the final art will show significant muscle definition.

Update September 13th 2009

I have sketch I’m happy with. She looks a little older than I planned, but she can pass for 20 I think. I based her nose and jaw off Miriama Smith (below), but actually followed Lara Croft for lips and eyes, although the eyes have a Polynesian angle.

This piece doesn’t have hair, but the plan is to give her dark red hair. Her eyes, unlike most Māori, are light brown/hazel to go with her redish hair. That’s because of her possibly mythic ancestry.

The chin/lip moko means she is a “woman” and also that she’s higher class.

Kōtiro Portrait v1, without hair

Her clothes aren’t really traditional — I’d like to find a balance between “cool” and distinctive clothes, and traditional clothes.

This is a girl named Miriama Smith, a NZ actress. I’m considering modelling Kōtiro’s face after hers.

I also found this pretty awesome picture — maybe Kō will be a hybrid: