Reply To: [ENDED] BC2-1803 – March 2018 Class Homepage – Creating Stylized Characters with Blender

I like to help! The thing about high heels is that they are usually impractical regarding combat, especially melee range, (and most of the time for everything else but an elegant party) and rarely used in dancing. Only style I know where is common to use them is Tango, mostly because it’s danced with formal attire. So it is possible, sexy and elegant, but for fantasy characters that are involved in combat it becomes distracting. 

If your character wants to become the best adventurer in a land of monsters and thieves continue to  the next paragraph. If your character wants to entertain people with her abilities go to paragraph 6.

Usually when a character has high heels and is involved in combat, it gives me the idea that either they don’t move much in battle (say, support mage) or that they are in an unnecessary disadvantage (as sexy or as skillful they may be, it’s more stable with boots). 

For a recent example, in Black Panther there’s a scene where the main characters have to disguise themselves with formal attire, and the two female characters (who are highly skilled warriors) had to use high heels. As soon as they started fighting they broke them (on someone else’s face).

The important thing is that if you feel that she would prefer to use them, that’s great! I recommend you try to give a cool reason for it, so people don’t go “that’s so impractical” and instead go “OOOOH THAT’S WHY”. I think 2 inches is the max before it becomes distracting.

(6) So she wants to charm people’s hearths with her graceful skills, then you are in the right way, just consider how long is she going to dance, ha! I assumed she was going to be warrior because you mentioned swordplay, but a character that recycles an offensive art into something beautiful to connect with a parent seems more interesting and original. But you may want to consider a different outfit for when she’s outside town, dangerous things crawl at night…

So I made some research, let me know if I misunderstood what a Bladesinger is: They are people skilled with swords and magic, whose combat reminds others of a beautiful dance, but deadly. It’s not about power, it’s about deceiving your enemy with style (Oh God I feel like my grandpa, I butchered it didn’t I?). 

I have been playing a character in Dark Souls 3 with a similar style based on one of it’s bosses (The Dancer of the Boreal Valley, check her she is really cool!), so that’s why I got really invested in your character ha!