Maiden Guardians is a personal worldbuilding project of mine. I have constructed the visuals, personalities and locations of this world using Flux and illustrious. Writing the lore and text-based concept myself by my imagination. My dream is to make this a big franchise filled with all sorts of characters, locations. Most of all, whenever img-2-3d gets significantly better than it is now, I wanna 3d print all the characters as full colour miniatures. Only a matter of time, hey?
For those who want a good collection of images from this article, here they are!
Credits
By my human brain:
character backstories and personalities
lore
basic character and locale design ideas
Models used:
Base model for all character designs- Uncanny Valley IL
Lora for guardian style - NijiMecha IL
Lora for character design template- Character Design Sheet Helper IL
For environments - Flux Dev GGUF Q8
For environment style - Sci-fi environments
Who are the Maiden Guardians?
"Maiden Guardians" are the protectors of humanity from Sentient AI threats. While they are just ordinary humans, they have the ability to link with their Guardian suits to download combat skills into their mind, temporarily becoming supersoldiers.
There are always 6 types of suits connected to their owners. Each colour represents a combat skill;
Ami - The Red Guardian
The Red Guardian is skilled in tactical modern military-style assault. Making use of rifles and assault rifles.
Ami, a mechanic and guardian enthusiast linked as the red guardian after she finally pursued her dreams to become one. She is a nerdy, technology-savvy woman who knows the ins and outs of robotics. Ami was an orphan after the "Great Singularity War" destroyed her town in rural Australia. She learnt robotics to research the good in AI after the War.
Bella - The Pink Guardian
The Pink Guardian requires quick reflexes and can take on flight. So who other than a gamer weeb like Stella can harness the power?
Stella took on the challenge to become a Guardian after looting through retro super sentai anime that probably was clearly propaganda for becoming a Maiden Guardian. She struggled at first, finds AI a bit icky because she couldn't find a career in art but forced herself to continue as a Guardian, ending up becoming a local hero.
Penny - The Purple Guardian
The Purple Guardian invests heavily in sniping, allowing its linker to become a ruthless, patient killer.
Penny spent years in prison after murdering her ex-boyfriend, who was the biggest guitarist in the world at the time. Reasons are unknown but her only key out was to (hesitantly) become a Guardian. Secretly, she leads a group of rebels against the rise of AI, which inspired her to rise in the world of destroying the threats.
Angela - The Orange Guardian
The Orange Guardian is a tank of sorts, wielding a hammer and shield heavier than most. The candidate to take on the link is none other than Angela.
Angela hails from India, possibly the most wiped out country in the world as of the Great Singularity War. She has always inspired to help others and pursued to become a Guardian. She's obsessed with retro hip hop from the 21st century and is kinda saddened the music scene fizzled out after the War.
Stacy - The Yellow Guardian
The Yellow Guardian is an agile, aim-heavy guardian. Stacy takes on the role for her rich father, CEO of the Guardian supplier.
Materialistic and partly Guardian for her own gain. Stacy is a lone wolf at her job, getting her into trouble for the most part. Definitely a victim of nepotism.
Himiko - The Blue Guardian
The Blue Guardian's true strengths are in a steady blade. Himiko's heritage makes her seem perfect for the job.
While a brutal guardian in itself, Himiko is a family woman and as kindhearted as can be. Loves fashion and girly things to satisfy herself. Safe to say many look up to her. A Japanese expat, from a country notorious for starting the Great Singularity War due to quick advancements in AGI. Himiko wants to leave that behind.
The World
It is 2179, Earth has just fully recovered from the Great Singularity War. A war of Humans vs. AI after too much progression into the field. Heroes named as "Maiden Guardians generation 0" were the ones who overturned the war 50 years ago and celebrated to this day.
Developed by a subsidary of Japanese AGI supplier incidentally responsible for the uprising, Guardian suits were developed and successfully overridden the threat. Many across the world are conflicted on the corporation's ethics regardless of their victory.
Generation 1 - Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne is loosely known as "The Final Frontier", now the flagship city of humanity. Generation 1 was built there to protect it and the world from rising threats. AGI is still somewhat a major issue worldwide, with many deaths related to rogue AI in many cities.
Personal notes
Thanks for reading! Probably a little poorly-written but its mostly a visual project for me, the lore part is a little impromptu. I hope you enjoyed regardless.
As stated above, I want this to be the beginning of something major. I especially want to 3d print miniatures once AI 3D modelling is a lot better. Right now img-2-3d sucks so bad but seeing the innovations in img-2-video lately, I have hope!
Inspiration is drawn from transformable heroines and archetypes. 6 colours representing 6 combat styles is very reminiscent of Bionicle for sure.