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Well, it was really inevitable, wasn't it? The bikini chainmail is such a long-time fantasy trope that it was only a matter of time before I tried my hand at it.

But I drew it because that's what Tyris is wearing in Golden Axe, which is a cool game despite the title. Who would make an axe out of GOLD? It would be HORRIBLE for that purpose, it would weigh hundreds of pounds and instantly go blunt. RIDICULOUS, that's what it is! ^_^ But it's such a cool beat 'em up, and such a textbook Sega game. Loads of fun, and it's pretty obvious who I'd always play as. And it's clear WHY. . . because she has the best magic! DUH! Why, what did you think the reason was?

And once I decided to start work on her, I remembered how I'd been wanting to do something involving Sega's OTHER, and in my opinion even better, beat 'em series of the time: Streets of Rage. And, of course, I always play as Blaze. . . be cause she's the most well-rounded character! DUH! Why, what did you think the reason was? I took a little artistic license with Blaze's weapon, though. I was going to have her holding a lead pipe, but I failed to plan out my drawing around that correctly, and I just couldn't get a pipe to line up with both her arms as they're drawn. So I went with a length of chain because that can go slack, even though chains aren't a weapon you can pick up in those games. Still, it fits the tone well, it's easy to imagine her finding an old length of towing chain in one of those sketchy parts of town.

That got me thinking how hard it would even be to find a length of lead pipe these days anyway as they haven't been made in decades. Although around 1990, you could've found one still in some run-down building. But then THAT got me thinking of how that city is probably all gentrified by now and shit. Which gave me this mental picture of Blaze walking down these same streets, but like beating the fuck out of some hipsters in front of a vegan coffee shop or something. But they're hipsters, so they roll with it, they're all "This chick in a red leather miniskirt just kicked me in the solar plexus, that's SO RETRO! Quick, someone put a picture of this on Instagram before I pass out!"

Point is, love Golden Axe, love Streets of Rage even MORE. Both are just perfect examples of terrific Genesis games. It was fun to combine them.
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duke-of-rekt's avatar
i havent played golden axe in yearss