Eorzea's Next Top Model - Cycle 3 Round 5

[MissBrunHilda]

Now Ronin? What’s happening over there! Is there some magical hoodoo you guys are doing to each other!?

I also thought that the breakdown was particularly funny this time around.

Men’s Side: 3 Amalj’aa, 2 Sylph (1 Touched, 1 Normal), 1 Ixal, 1 Kobold
** No Sahagin.

Women’s Side: 4 Sylph, 2 Sahagin, 1 Kobold, 1 Ixal
** No Amalj’aa

Looks like the Sylphs are the most popular beast tribe! I think they’re feeding everyone some of Smurfette’s magic mushrooms…

Women’s Side:
Top 3:
1) Xev - This was particularly difficult to judge, since you weren’t just being compared to everyone else - but you were being compared to three other Sylph-clan ladies! It was so incredibly hard choosing between the four of you, but your shocked expression and creative use of that crown won you the day for me! I’d really like to know what book you’re reading… Please tell me it has something to do with a romance between a strapping young cabbage, off to rescue a lovely eggplant!*
*(Yes, euphemisms. Terrible ones. I don’t care, I want to read your book.)
2) Rhaya - And back into the Rhaya we love! <3 The composition here is gorgeous. The pink in the corals and the vivid light just over your shoulder brings the lightness such a blue/purple heavy image needs! It’s overall well balanced and I LOVE the wet effect you got there! It looks like those Sahagin are all too happy to accept you into the hatchery! Also, I am fairly sure that these two Sahagin have been arguing all day over the quality and selection of those weapons behind you. I have a feeling that the red one (whom I will refer to as Bob) is very happy that you’re now here to refocus Frank’s ire! I have a feeling that Frank is a very finicky fishman, very determined to have only the most shhhpecial shhhpear.
3) Iris - I have to admit to a bit of bias here. Kobolds are my personal favorite… and you so adorably reaching for those Bombs struck an arrow straight into my heart! Maybe he can be convinced to teach you how to make them!

Men’s Side:
1) Fate - You’ve been fully accepted by the Sylphs, hooray! That’s definitely a reason to go find their secret stash of Reborn Red and drink to your heart’s content!
2) Adam - Yay! I love the Touched Sylphs and their vivid violet hues! The only thing I would have liked more in this picture was if you’d gotten the long skirt, so we’d know you were fully integrated into their fold! This was a very nicely balanced shot and I loved it!
3) Flare - This image was so deceptively simple. That was when I started noticing all the thought put into it. This Amalj’aa smith is teaching you the wonderful ways of metallurgy! While perplexed, you seem intent to learn, insisting on being close, so that each spark may lend its knowledge to you! (I really hope you can borrow some burn cream.)

I love what every one of you did this week! They were so creative and wonderful! You made me laugh, you treated my eyes to beautiful effects, and you made me yearn for some Beastman Dailies!

[Aile-Faelthea]

Women

Adeline Urusa - The centering of the picture gives off a feeling that not only are you the ambassador, but you are a friend to the Sahagin. They are sea-dwelling people, and would rather have someone who is a salty sea-dog, who doesn't mind helping the tribe out with tasks. The choice of a spear also fits with the naval/sea-faring motif. Also it could be viewed that the Sahagin are teaching you an outsider their secretive spear technique. There is a lot that can come from this picture, and I would like to know the story connected to this image. You focused on the entire aspect creating a character that would fit in with the Sahagin, and that alone shows the effort that was placed in the project.

Iris Dawnshade - There is a charming theme to this image that makes it stand out. The Kobolds are often viewed a very secretive, and shy when it comes to accepting outsiders. It looks like you not only are teaching them how to cope with the ever evolving world around them but show them that it's better to look up at the sky then clutching the ground as most Kobolds do in Eorzea. The only grip is that the bombs around you seem to distract a little, but other than that it looks like a refreshing piece that you went with something a little out of the box.

It was hard to pick a third party due to the others selecting a very common, and not-as awe inspiring beast tribe to represent. The Sylphs seem like a very "safe" option, but I came to the conclusion that my third choice would be....

Kaiyoko Star - The pose itself is powerful as if when directing the others in order to help build the airship that the Ixali people wish to construct. The larger chief directs his people while you as the ambassador relay the information to the others that wish to help out in the preparations. The angle is slightly off however when it comes to the direction you are facing, but you both invoke the same powerful imagery when it comes to a supervision on a construction yard.

Men

Marik Destiel - The positioning of the image, and the placement of the Ixali around you tells us a story. You're not simply snapping a photo by various NPCS, and passing it off as if you're an ambassador. You seem to be sitting with the tribesmen sharing tales of a world that is foreign to them, and for you they return the favor with tales of their own.

Aiden Weaver - I find something alluring about this probably due to how puzzled not only you are but the Kobold. It seems that you could have devised some ingenious way to smelt metals only for the outcome to be drastically different from what was intended.

Flare Anderfel - I do like how this image also tells a story. You are an outside to the Amalj'aa, but as an ambassador you've immersed yourself in their culture learning of their ways of mastering steel. You appear to be in deep though in examining the craftsmen technique on the anvil, as if you are both the learner and teacher.