The main antagonist of Go West Young Warrior Part 2 (& Part 3) of the #Xena Virtual Season 7 is its queen of the South American Amazons, Guila. She was well written, formidable & and good rival for Gabrielle’s queen status. I pictured her resembling Patricia Velasquez (“The Mummy”), who’s a native of this region, & works on behalf of indigenous rights in Venezuela. This is a very early concept sketch (you can tell because I’m still going with the topless concept), but 3 elements of this costume are part of the final design: her loincloth, her feather headdress, & a 3-pronged dagger with supernatural powers.  I didn’t design the dagger, but I chose the headdress, which I based on designs of the region, & it reminded me of Anthony Hopkins’ costume in Titus. Both of them inspired the Roman antagonist in my current project.