Thanks for the encouragement so far guys!

Started modeling the armor from the bottom up with the boots and shin/calfguards. Did some base texturing to start getting a feel for tweeking the color scheme and how its going to look. Nothing fancy. I'm leaving a few details for the texturing phase to add further detail. and as I get a clearer picture in my head I'll go back and model more details as I go. If I can keep this pace up I may be able to finish modeling her by next week and get ready for texturing/rigging.

One thing I love about this challenge is that the more I flesh her out in my head the less she looks like the first picture (to heroish) and more sinister. And I have a few ideas to round her out as a villain and maybe even a full scene if I have time (or if not I'll just finish it in the WIP section)