OCD- Freelancer

Keeping with my "Heroes of the World" series that I've been doing with these designs, I've wanted to do a French hero called Freelancer for a while now.  

Incorporating the French flag onto the costume proved to be a little daunting, since I felt just having it straight up and down would be a little boring.  It wasn't until that I decided to make the colors skewed across the body, making the while part of the flag a "sash" across his chest and arm, gave him that visual "pop" I was looking for.  From there, the rest of the pieces came together nicely.

I gave him armored shoulder, knee and elbow pads for protection, and split toe boots to subtly reinforce the notion that he would be a lithe, agile warrior.  His spear, I imagined, would be able to be split in two down the middle to aid in both transport but also more melee combat.  I gave him the visor since I felt it broke up his face a lot better, and a bit of scruff since he wouldn't be as "clean cut" as the other patriotic heroes I've designed.