Illuminati drafts

I have done some rough drafts for the Illuminati faction uniform i was imagining from looking through art from The Secret World and Hitman. I have chose to stick to the dark color scheme of the Illuminati chose to play around with blue light accents to hint the futuristic feel. At this stage i'm just playing with shapes and forms to fit the bodies. I have illustrated two models, one female and one male to be the base for the out fit designs. While the model's appearances are not important, i do want to produce aesthetically interesting and finished illustrations worthy of final presentation also possibly portfolio material.  Therefore having a detailed facial depiction would make the drawings more appealing to look at. It will also help bring out a focal point for the viewers. Therefore i experimented with different hairs and makeup to suit. Because this is for the Illuminati faction i was thinking they would be dark and devious. So i was playing around with the cutting on the female outfit. Although the design is eye catching, it does not really qualify as "body armor". But i still had good practice changing around the designs.

This is the male draft im working on. I have roughly mapped out the panels and details. At this stage i am not too worried if the male and female versions reflects each other, i just want to draw and see what works the best on the bodies first.

Pose wise, as i noted before, i kept the postures simple and very much like fashion magazine poses. 

 I started cleaning up the image and started to develop the design of the male chest piece abit further to get a better idea on where to work on and add more details.

I was also thinking of make a draft of a potential head piece/helmet to go with the outfit. This may or may not be used in the final, but i would like to experiment and practice drawing the whole set.

Since the last picture i also made the background render lighter as it compliment the tones of the armor alot better.

 This is some of the experiments i tried with doing the full armor set. I have also tried insert a weapon to compliment the design. I do not think this would be used for the final, but it is good for me to try the options.

Similarly, i did the same for the female version. I played around with adding holographic armor to push the sci-fi tech theme. It definitely make the design more interesting, the blue hologram also acts as highlights, which give the design a good focal flow. as the blue from the arms to the belt and also the legs. It balances out the design. I am happy with the leg armor and boots, i wish to keep this bit of design. but i need to experiment more with the chest area. As i do eventually, with more visual research, i want the female version to look closer to the male version. For now i am content with the drafts.