User blog comment:HazelQuill7445/Awesome fan art/@comment-35455126-20190604175012/@comment-27144409-20190604183512

Everyone, I would like to apologise for deliberately posting links to art I had already shared, encouraging this behavior. I am sorry.

Since I held my tongue last time (I think), I'll critique the bad design, both from personal artistic taste, and tactical analysis.

Ruby: That scythe is even more awkard than Crescent Rose with poor weight distribution and what look like multtiple egregious points of structural failure. It lacks any discernable muzzle, magazine, barrel, trigger or receiver. Even if there is still a firearm in there, its going to have a much shorter barrel. No more precision shooting (or spare mags for ruby. Finally, it looks much wider than the (now smaller and maybe shorter) blade, impeding cuts.

As for her outfit, that cape is way too big, it will get in the way of everything. What is even the point of that micro-skirt at thes stage? Why not go a little further and just leave it a full letotard? My remaining gripes with her design are purely personal taste.

Weiss: At least she's still using a rapier. Now the porblems. Those prongs are designed to catch blade, whereas Myrtenaster's side blades are designed to redirect away from the hand. Rapiers are meant more for parrying than locking blades with enemies. Now you've got them stuck, and in punching range of you. Good for someone with good strength and hand to hand skills, not Weiss. It looks like there's ony 4 chambers, they're smaller, and they're the same type. So Ruby has no magazines, but Weiss has one tacked onto her weapon for no good reason.

I don't like anything about her outfit. The coat looks awkward/restrictive, the hat looks stupid, and something about her dress just feels wrong on her.

Blake: I AM F***ING TIRED OF PEOPLE HAVING HER JUST RIP OFF WILT AND BLUSH! DOES NO ONE GET WHY THIS IS A BAD THING!?

The heels aren't a great addition, but they could possibly work. The small additions of armor aren't necessarily a bad idea, though i think she'd armor her torso first.

The oufit is mostly reasonable, but can someone please explain the pants/prosthetics? Why the cutout? Why the color shift? Why no straps for the kneepads?

Yang: The bike looks less sleek and aerodynamic than Bumblebee, even though I suspect that those theings would matter more on a hover bike.

Not a lot to critque. I guess she went back to wanting to show her body off more.