This is a redesign of Sailor Guardian Sirei for ~Sus-'s contest. [link] If you're not familiar with ~Sus-'s fanfics, Sirei is an ancient senshi with thousands of forms and thousands of past lives. For the contest, I decided to take the best bits and pieces from ~Sus-'s original designs and combine them into one ultimate new form!
Hair The hairstyle is mostly modeled after this form. [link] It's partially tied back with a sheer, light yellow ribbon. The bow is much thinner and longer than before.
Color In the original designs Sirei's signature colors have always been a chocolatey leather brown and gold. It's a very sophisticated palette that really sets the character apart from other otaku senshi, so of course I wanted to keep it. But sometimes just those two colors alone look a bit too monochromatic, so to add more visual interest I added orange (as seen in this form [link] ) pink and yellow ([link]). Together, all the colors really give a warm feeling. The semi transparent stockings and sleeves are almost peachy looking and give Sirei a soft feminine look.
Fuku This outfit is mostly a combination for Sirei's original form and the latest one. The bow and lapel is back and the belly button is exposed, just like in the first one, but many other elements were adopted from the other outfits (seen here) [link]. In this form, Sirei has golden swirls that adorn her gloves (which are more like bracers) midrift and bust. They are raised and are made of real gold. The sleeves are semi transparent and are a tangerine orange color that slowly fades to pink. Swirls line the fabric. The boots look like they are straight out of a fantasy steampunk novel. For some reason, I imagine them to be suede and leather, with most of the fabrics being silky, sheer and soft.