Le Bello's Challenging Create-A-Soul Challenge Contest!

[TsunamiBye]

Well Pocky Yoshi would of vote for Fliptop....pouts....

However he changes his vote to NeclordX. The idea kinda caught him offguard. In a good way.

 

[VILARCANE]

Unveiling the mystery behind the disappearance and resurrection of Talim in the world of SoulCalibur (by Mummymistu the undead scribe of all tales of souls and swords, eternally retold) :

In a not so distant past, an evil warrior sorcerer, who became vengeful and malevolent following the death inflicted upon his son by his own hands, crossed the path of Talim, priestess of the wind.

The uneven fight resulted in Talim's demise, and Algol used his famous purple bubble orbs to turn her into a lifeless and tiny puppet doll, with a stiff porcelaine doll face forever hiding her former youthful features.

Her soul hanging from a thread, she was to remain wrapped around her master's fingers for all eternity

Sometimes, one could swear her mouth moved impercetibly to reveal the bottomless pit of her inextinguishable sadness

She had long abandoned her now oversized elbow blades for a weapon more suitable for a doll

Years passed, and eventually, Algol got tired of her and sold her to another another adept of witchcraft, named Viola, which was mesmerized by the Violet colors of her newly acquired toy.

Viola took pity on her, and decided to use her most powerful spell to turn her into her former self.
Though, some part of her puppet soul and attire remained and while she ressembled a human being anew, and regained most of her facial features, sadness from years of enslavement still filled her heart, and her joyous nature had died along with her first life...but not her pure heart(s) !

Because she had lost her elbow blades, she now favoured another type of weapon, as colourful as her new self, yet gloomy and running around in circles like her newfound nature

Out of boredom, she resumed fighting against all new and fierce combattants the like of Mummymitsu, Mayan King or Horus...and one could see a faint smile on her lips when she won

Thus ends the tale of Talim, once priestess of the elements, her life blown away by the winds of fate.....Namu Namu Namuuuuuuuu !

 

[WindupSkeleton]

Well Pocky Yoshi would of vote for Fliptop....pouts....

However he changes his vote to NeclordX. The idea kinda caught him offguard. In a good way.

No votes yet Pocky, now now. There're cookies later on, Le Bello promises.

 

[Fliptop]

**UPDATED**

Alright. After swallowing my pride and breaking my heart I parted Talim from her hat. Something was missing, though. Just losing the hat made her seem bare and boring. I did like the traveler thing though so I tried to keep that alive- not so much as a focal point, but as an interesting detail.

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I tried to balance the wanderer thing while maintaining her priestessliness(?). The colours green (sometimes spelled "teal"...shut up.) and pink are ones I associate with Talim and so they are sprinkled used liberally throughout the patterns and ribbons. Her worn top is complimented by the browns and sticker choices for her shorts and cloak. My thoughts were that after the events of SCIV she'd travel the world, teaching what she knows, learning what she doesn't and generally growing up and becoming wiser. I was going for some mix of elegance and wisdom which in my head meant "pretty skirt" and "hobo cape". I also ditched the large braid for the more windswept and interesting hair do.​

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As before, Kilik's style was used since it's lively, athletic and reliant on speed and agility. If this STILL isn't allowed I'm going to eat my face punch a ferret insert an awkwardly shaped object into something where it probably shouldn't be have another go. I'll just edit my earlier post. The old design is in my thread.​

 

[WindupSkeleton]

The contest rules EXPLICITLY STATE that there is nothing wrong with this design, and it's legal. Le Bello thanks you for your time.

 

[oz70nyc]

I'm definitely all in on this one...

Because I always felt Talim's design perfectly conveyed her innocent, yet strong demeanor...I opted to use her previous looks as a base for her SCV persona. As obviously she's 32 now, she'd naturally have filled out considerably since SC4, but having a more athletic build compared to the other females. (Talim's strength was her speed, so naturally she'd need to still be small in stature and frame, just more toned with age.) In staying with making my Talim as close to the original as possible, I opted for Alpha Patroklos' move set, because it's pretty much the fastest moveset on SCV, but not hardly the strongest, just like Talim of previous games.

 

[Samaras_Madness]

Nothing wrong with that. Anyone is allowed to enter, threadstarter, sex offender, Bear Grylls, Mother-of-twelve, anyone.

Mother of twelve? Now that's just sick

 

[Spartan_363]

I updated my first post to submit my updated Talim. :)

Please mind the quality of the pictures, she is less orange than in the pictures. :)

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Talim may be 32, but as she is a priestess and was gifted with the power of the Winds along with interacting with the swords, she has maintained her youth and appears in her mid twenties. As she has traveled the world, she lost her favorite pendant, but met a tattoo artist during her travels and had it inked on her upper back so that the pendent's design is always with her. She still is the same humble girl that many have known her for, always helping those in need instead of her own selfish goals like many others.

She has learned many new combat techniques during her travels and is very proficient in unarmed hand to hand combat as a few months ago, she was assaulted by a band of thieves and nearly died in the encounter as they disarmed her thus, losing her treasured tonfas. What saved her life was a freak lighting bolt that struck a nearby tree knocking it over giving her time to dive into the nearby river. "Thank the Winds" was all she said to herself as she drifted downstream for a few miles. Weakened and unarmed, she drifted into a small village where the friendly folks quickly rescued her and helped her heal her wounds.

There she meet a man like the likes of none she has or anyone seen before. He was simply known as UNSC Spartan number 363. There, Spartan noticed the young women and her unique talents for combat. She mourned the lost of her tonfas, but as time went on, the Spartan showed her many future combat techniques including hand to hand. She even learned to fire a device in the future called an Assault Riffle. Even though it was of no use as the Spartan has only one in his possession, it was a unique and thrilling experience. At first, she was frightened like everyone else to see such foreign weapons and armors, eventually that fear led to curiosity. The Spartan tried his best to explain the concepts of Splipspace technology and the freak accident when a bubble caused his ship to go back in the past much like Spartan 451 and the Orbital platform she was tending too. It was futile as such things are only understood as magic. The Spartan was only waiting for the bubble to collapse and he would go back to his time period. Every night, the village would gather around a fire and hear all the crazy stories of the future and enjoyed the Spartan's company and protection he offered in exchange of the village's hospitality. After a few months, both Talim and the Spartan decided to bid farewell to the village and hit the road.

One night as both were traveling, the same band of thieves ambushed the couple, it was futile for the thieves as Talim single handily took out 5 members with her bare hands. As for the Spartan, he killed 12 members with his bare hands as arrows and blades were no match for his superior armor that's engineered for repelling explosives and such. The rest ran away in fear seeing the Spartan alone. Talim was thrilled that her new techniques worked flawlessly. For a few moments, she was frightened to see Spartan kill effortlessly, Spartan explained that he fought a terrible enemy in the future that had one simple goal, exterminating humanity.

Eventually, both came upon an empty field and Talim was shocked when a huge metal house appeared out of nowhere. "it's my ship and it's a UNSC Stealth Prowler, it can turn invisible" explanied the Spartan. Talim was such a child when she toured the ship marveling at the computer consoles and the future products the people of the future enjoy such as warm showers. "Too bad there are no tv or radio stations to enjoy" sighed the Spartan. After a few nights sleeping inside the comfort of the ship, the Spartan noticed Talim tossing and turning screaming, he woke her up to see if she was alright. "The cursed swords are back!" said a frightened Talim.. At first, Spartan was confused about these swords but accepted Talim's offer to travel together to destroy them once more. Spartan gathered a few medical packs, a trophy Brute hammer and extra ammunition for the new journey. "at least it's better than fighting the Covenant". Both then set out to travel towards this new calamity.

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[NeclordX]

Alright. After swallowing my pride and breaking my heart I parted Talim from her hat.

That hat is badass. I love that pic of her, is a pity is an sketch and not more detailed

Thus ends the tale of Talim, once priestess of the elements, her life blown away by the winds of fate.....Namu Namu Namuuuuuuuu !

I love tragic stories with happy end.

 

[Nullstate]

I've been lurking around for a while now, but this looked so much fun it drew me out of hiding.

I give you: Talim, spirit of the wind.

Background
After Siegfried defeated Nightmare (as per SCV's back story) the world at large began to see an ever rising amount of malfested. Guided by the voice of the wind Talim traveled helping those she could.

Several years later, she was ambushed while alone in a mountain pass by a pack of armed malfested. With no other choice she fought to defend her own life, and defeated her attackers. Unfortunately she did not escape unscathed. Mortally wounded she could little listen to wind that blew gently through the pass as she waited to die.

"I wish I could have done more," she said with some regret. Hearing her, the wind spoke and offered her a choice. Pass on into rest, or be transformed into something inhuman, a wind spirit. She choose the later and was swept up in a great gale. Her mortal body faded away as she became one with the winds, but rather than losing herself she maintained a separate identity. The winds she was borne on whispered to her, and clearly spoke of troubles to come. "Be ready," it seemed to say.

The winds swept down into the valley beneath the pass where Talim had been attacked, and when it had passed it left her there. Her form, similar to her old one, but fundamental different, she continued on her journey. An ageless spirit guided by the wind, helping all she could, as she prepared for the coming days when the swords would clash once more. The days when she be called on to destroy both.

Notes
I decided to not to go the 30+ route, but the transformed heroine route instead. As a servant of the wind, a wind spirit seemed a pretty natural transition.
General Appearance: I wanted to keep it similar but different. Lighter hair and a series of pale "markings" denoting her new state. Also I opted to take the image from her old pendant and make part of her body.
Clothing: I needed to stay Talim-ish, and still convey the theme (not that those two things are very different). To that end I tried to combine billowy and bare to give an airy feeling. I adding swirling marks and patterns to further suggest "air". Keeping to her signature white and green (with some gold thrown in) was an easy choice. Also as a creature of the air, shoes somehow seemed inappropriate.
Weapon choice: As her own style is (sadly) not available, I thought Natsu was a decent second choice. The style acrobatic, and the teleports fit the "spirit" idea.

If you read this whole thing go reward yourself with a cookie.

 

[WindupSkeleton]

Le Bello would like to point out that it feels I should have pointed out that the weapon choice doesn't actually matter. Not that listing it is bad, merely that it won't affect anything. But continue doing as you do, as the deadline is close at hand now!

And then begins the week of voting...

 

[UnseenWombat]

I really like Fliptop's cape better than the hat myself. I also like that the darker skin color makes her look more pinay than even her actual character model did.

And the marionette strings on Vilarcane's are really awesome. The face creeps me out, but I guess it's supposed to. But that's a really imaginative design. I never would've thought of doing something like that.

 

[TsunamiBye]

Hmmmm, I'm slowly thinking about joining in....as soon as my phone pic stuf stops acting up.

 

[Fliptop]

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Just a wee bit of advice. It's easy for people who are skimming threads like this to overlook posts which don't have pictures in them i.e. they can miss your spoiler tags. I'd recommend picking at least one image and leaving it out of the spoiler tags so it can catch people's eyes and give them a general impression of what your design is. It's a definite evolution of your earlier one though (which you'll probably need to take down) and I really like the tattoo thing. Also, you might want to break up that wall of text or put it in tags since it can be off putting for some.

Cheers!

 

[REPROBEAN_CHILD]

Not really, I'd say it's more Thai. Sorry, not trying to nitpick.

I don't think it's Thai or Philippine. Shit, I don't know what culture that thing is based on. It's probably some random headgear.

 

[Spartan_363]

Just a wee bit of advice. It's easy for people who are skimming threads like this to overlook posts which don't have pictures in them i.e. they can miss your spoiler tags. I'd recommend picking at least one image and leaving it out of the spoiler tags so it can catch people's eyes and give them a general impression of what your design is. It's a definite evolution of your earlier one though (which you'll probably need to take down) and I really like the tattoo thing. Also, you might want to break up that wall of text or put it in tags since it can be off putting for some.

Cheers!

Thanks man, I will follow your advice, I will go ahead and update my first post by removing my original pictures and such. I will put the wall of text in a spoiler as well.

 

[d_b]

Following the Destruction of the eternally reborn Soul Edge, Talim began to question her abilities... She knew that her whole life was devoted to pleasing the voice of the wind, but as she returned to her life of training she felt a void grow inside her heart.

The wind had always guided Talim in the struggle against Soul Edge, but after her last battle with the wicked sword she discovered a new enemy. Masked in intentions of purity and justice, the sword Soul Calibur began to search for a new wielder. After witnessing the tragic life of the once fettered Siegfried, Talim swore to vanquish both blades--should they ever return...

Seven years after the last battle of the blades, Talim had a revelation while singing in a thunder storm... As she listened to the roar of the thunder, Talim realized that she was being serenaded by the great claps from the sky. It was at this very moment that Talim discovered the voice of Thunder. Electrified by the new voices around her, Talim began to research this anomaly. In doing so, Talim discovered a relationship between the two voices in her head. Newly inspired, Talim set off to master her skills.

As she arrived in Japan, Talim quickly deciphered the names of two Shinto gods. Fujin- The god of Wind, and Raijin- The god of Thunder. At first she was taken aback by the notion that the two were demons who possessed the power of gods, but she quickly learned the concept of Good and Evil weren't so black and white.

In Japan, Talim discovered a state of inner peace and swore to never hold a weapon again. She began to study the various martial arts Japan had to offer. In her quest to attain enlightenment, Talim began to climb Mt. Fuji and meditate at the summit.

One night during meditation, a vicious wind storm began to blow all around Talim. Naturally, Talim maintained her ground as she had long before with the wind. However in doing so, Talim neglected to feel the quakes from the coming thunderstorm.

Before she had a chance to escape, a crashing bolt struck the young priestess. Talim, semi-conscious, began to weep. "Why have you betrayed me?" she appealed. In that moment of treacherous despair, the wind pushed Talim into a small mountainside stream. There, Talim waited out the storm and slowly regained her strength.

Resolute in her decision to head home and abandon this new demon, Talim packed up all of her things. Just as she began to leave, she looked at an old piece depicting Fujin and Raijin. A thought flashed through her mind-- "This is my inner demon.. In order to fight both a sword of evil, and a sword of good.... I have to embody both. This thing that has breathed life into me and the other that almost zapped the life from me... They are my opposites."

Realizing her newfound powers would be necessary in ridding the world of the sovereign soul-swords, Talim continued to train.

Ten years later... Talim can feel the change in the wind, and a rumble in her heart.

DESIGN: I basically tried to keep classic Talim colors, but incorporated the Fujin/Raijin sash.. I make frequent use of both gold and green... symbolizing the lightning and the wind. I REEEAAAALY liked the idea of aging Talim, and it was great fun trying to find a look for a more mature Talim. The whole concept of the enlightened Kilik also realllly resonated in my mind when creating this Talim. And it just worked out perfectly to have a Devil Jin style chalk-full of Lightning moves. HOPE ya'll enjoy!!

 

[Leona]

Having mained Talim almost exclusively from SCII through SCIV, I couldn't help but be disappointed that she wasn't included in SCV. I took this as a cue to try and expand my repertoire a bit, but I can't help but miss her, regardless. So, when I saw that the challenge was to create a Talim of the current in-game era, I knew I'd want to give it a try. While I'm not sure how my interpretation will measure up when it comes down to it, I'm glad to have given it a shot.

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I wanted to try and stay within keeping of Talim's general demeanor, while still introducing a more mature feel befitting to the jump forward in the timeline. Talim often wore her hair in loose braids, something I wanted to capture here as well - I wanted to stray away from the customary twintail style, though, as it felt a little too similar to Talim's old, girlish style. I kept the colors mostly light, emphasizing blue and green tones, but also tried to ground the design a bit by introducing accents of browns and orange.

I'd really wanted a shawl of some sort for her, to give a more traveled feel to her costume, but I was unfortunately unable to find anything that really worked. So, instead I turned to the togi; the bandeau is very reminiscent of her old style, and the drape helps accentuate movement as it's blown about by the wind in battle.

I also wanted to be sure to include some reference to her talismans, which she displayed proudly in past games. Rather than bring all the focus to one part of her body, however, I wanted to try and include references to it throughout the metals in her costume. I also gave her some tattoos, as you can see more prominently in the pictures below, hoping to add a little interest to the negative space on her legs. I used a long, flowy design on her body, hoping to capture again the fluidity of wind, and a smaller design on her face to help tie it in and add detail to her face.

 

[kyrt]

How the hell am I supposed to eventually choose between them when they are all so good?

 

[yosharioIII]

This is so cool and exciting! Pretty much all of these Talims are awesome! I can't wait to put mine up!... just my PS3 is out of commission until like Friday... But I've been making sketches. A lot of people are using simlar ideas, and I don't want to copy people, so I should probably stop viewing these to avoid other's from influencing my design... But can't look away! Too much awesome!