Portal woman pic

[simonjedi]

i was looking round the portal steam forums and found this pic of the portal woman:

http://www.abload.de/img/portal_lady2tn.jpg

discuss.

[Rapstah]

Isn't the Portal woman supposed to be using some kind of high-tech glasses?

[Mahalis]

...No? Pretty sure she's looked like that ever since the first screenshot we saw of her.

[dekstar]

Looks fake to me.

[Narvi]

It's real, dekstar, I've seen it in a preview.

Wonder what happened to her funky glasses.

[TechnoHippyChic]

Julianna Margulies?

http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/news_images/2681_7140_3.jpg

[Stigmata]

There goes my theory about the test subject being Mossman :P

[Silarn]

Mossman? Valve has already stated that the woman in Portal will be a new character.

[zombieturtle01]

I thought they were going to change it to a male? Not that I'd care if it was male or female

[Stigmata]

Mossman? Valve has already stated that the woman in Portal will be a new character.I forgot about that when I developed the theory >_>

[Xendance]

She looks sexy.

[Godron]

She looks scary.

[Rapstah]

She looks potatoes.

[Ridge]

She looks potatoes.

D:

LOL

[Que-Ever]

Uh, boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew?

[mindless_moder]

stew 'em and stick 'em in a boil ...

whats this about her having weird glasses :S ?

[Kevin]

Zoundz!

[V-Man339]

Have any of you considered this: In all of the Half Life games so far you couldn't see a reflection of characters or npcs in anything! Hell, you couldn't see your own damn feet! However, suddenley once they choose a girl as the main character some forum user posts a picture of your reflection in a game that we have seen previews of already with no reflections at all. I honestley think this is a total fake.
Plus, Valve wouldn't do this sort of thing. They've never been so telling about anything of this sort, as you never even saw Shepard's dang face.
Do you honstley think Valve, one of the most enigmatic game developing companies out there, would release this picture within any of their previews this soon in development?

[function9]

No, one of the last videos of Portal that was released, you could get a glimpse of the character. In the video it's just a second or two.

[rRav3n!]

No, one of the last videos of Portal that was released, you could get a glimpse of the character. In the video it's just a second or two.

yeh right at the end, the vid is on gamespot. just before the devs leaves game

[Aki]

Have any of you considered this: In all of the Half Life games so far you couldn't see a reflection of characters or npcs in anything! Hell, you couldn't see your own damn feet! However, suddenley once they choose a girl as the main character some forum user posts a picture of your reflection in a game that we have seen previews of already with no reflections at all. I honestley think this is a total fake.
Plus, Valve wouldn't do this sort of thing. They've never been so telling about anything of this sort, as you never even saw Shepard's dang face.
Do you honstley think Valve, one of the most enigmatic game developing companies out there, would release this picture within any of their previews this soon in development?

1. Feet? You see your hands. Most FPS only have that.

2. This pic was part of a vid from E3.

3. Being able to see where you are in a 3-D portal-based puzzle game is essential, it is not howqever, in a 3-D FPS, nor a 3-D FPS with a gravity manipulation tool.

[Silarn]

Uh - it's been known for a very long time that you'll be able to see yourself in Portal. It wasn't until recently, however, that we actually got a decent look at her face.

In the initial videos, it wasn't even a woman.

[rRav3n!]

Uh - it's been known for a very long time that you'll be able to see yourself in Portal. It wasn't until recently, however, that we actually got a decent look at her face.

In the initial videos, it wasn't even a woman.

yeh it was a place holder balding man which promoted so many rumours about it be shepard

[Polaris]

http://sweb.cz/JKudlak/portalgirl.jpg

Interesting, she using some kind of shock-absorbers for absorbing kinetic energy from falling.

[Narvi]

They look similar to Eli's leg.

Hmm... I wonder if it's set during the Seven Hour War?

[Iron_cube]

Portal is not set in the past nor in the future.

[Seagull]

Maybe you'll need your reflection for parts of the game :O

[PaoloM]

Fascinating. Did you notice that the ASHPD is directly powered by an energy orb?

[Atomic_Piggy]

She looks like Kim swift.

[Narvi]

She looks like Kim swift.

Oh, we had this discussion.

It's not her. It just looks like her.

[Operational]

Maybe you'll need your reflection for parts of the game :O
You'll be able to see yourself via Portals.

I wonder if they have implemented the same sort of auto-expression feature that TF2 has.

[stewe231]

Maybe thats Alyx's Mother? I don't recall Eli saying that he watched her die, and someone did say that Apeture was Black Mesa's rival, maybe they took her from black mesa, and that's why Eli didn't get out with her.

[Zombine]

Stewe231, spoiler tags are your friends, use them!

Anyway, the last picture Polaris posted reminds me about the "Do you require socks to be part of your uniform?" question on www.aperturescience.com, because on some videos you can see her wearing boots.

Those shock-absorbers look painful.

[AciD]

http://sweb.cz/JKudlak/portalgirl.jpg

Interesting, she using some kind of shock-absorbers for absorbing kinetic energy from falling.
When I see that I started thinking that I saw this somewhere else...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j255/Szynkus/e3_Gurluas0004.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j255/Szynkus/e3_Gurluas0003.jpg

[Operational]

When I see that I started thinking that I saw this somewhere else...


Black Mesa Source?

[Polaris]

Black Mesa Source?
WTF?
Assassin from Half-Life 2 Beta, of course. Nice find AciDek.

[scotland1]

Major discovery! You should get a medal.

[AciD]

I want to post it on steam forums but I'll be insta banned for HL2 beta screenshots..

[Mahalis]

You, [subject name here], must be the pride of [subject hometown here].
Nice find. Probably not related story-wise, since the Assassin isn't canon, and
Aperture Science is a Black Mesa rival and thus probably not Combine-related
but cool nonetheless.

By the way, apparently narrator-computer-voice-lady is named Gladys. Gabe mentioned it in an interview recently.

[Polaris]

You, [subject name here], must be the pride of [subject hometown here].
Nice find. Probably not related story-wise, since the Assassin isn't canon, and
Aperture Science is a Black Mesa rival and thus probably not Combine-related
but cool nonetheless.

By the way, apparently narrator-computer-voice-lady is named Gladys. Gabe mentioned it in an interview recently.
Gladys was typo, it's actually GLaDOS.
GLaDOS v1.07 (c) 1982 Aperture Science, Inc.

[Mahalis]

Gladys, the character, is part of GLaDOS, the computer system.

[Polaris]

Really? Even in the review from magazine Score she was called GLaDOS.

[Mahalis]

Hmmh. Guess so, then. I can't figure out how they would've misheard "dos" as "dys" - they're two entirely different sounds - but in the absence of contrary information, GLaDOS it is.

[Iron_cube]

I just thought about the fact that Gordon wont ever use the portal gun.

Simply because valve does not want to make a Gordon model with proper textures and animations.

[xcellerate]

I just thought about the fact that Gordon wont ever use the portal gun.

Simply because valve does not want to make a Gordon model with proper textures and animations.

maybe you'll get the portal gun after somebody breaks gordon's glasses...then he'd just be a blur!

[Acepilotf14]

But then you wouldn't be able to see anything.. and the game would become so frustratingly difficult..
Kind of like Halo 3 on Legendary with every skull enabled.

[Operational]

WTF?
Assassin from Half-Life 2 Beta, of course.
Oh, of course, something I've never seen before which is why I was asking :rolleyes:

[Planetary]

Kind of like Halo 3 on Legendary with every skull enabled.

Ouch!

[Iron_cube]

I'm not sure, but I think I just heard a orange box ad on NBC, with the Portal narrator saying something..

Damn headphones, should've looked earlier. ****

[Giwusk]

The girl (seen in this photo) is build together using a model's face, which is rather interesting to acknowledge.

Also, the device strapped to her legs is in fact a prosthetic that helps her absorb shock/damage.

Pratt: I noticed I have something strapped onto my legs ...

Kim: Mmm hmm ...

Pratt: What do I have strapped onto my legs?

Kim: Well, it's kind of a mystery, but the basis of it is that we want players to know that there's no fall damage in our game. So this is sort of a prosthetic that helps her absorb shock, falling several stories.

Pratt: Was there any one person that was the inspiration for that character?

Kim: (To Jeep) ... Alesia? Our face model is Alesia Glidewell ...

Pratt: ... one of the team members?

Kim: ... no. Basically, we went through a local modeling agency to find someone that we were like "we like your face". She was our model, basically both in body structure and her face. As far as the leg components, we just kind of came up with them.

Portal Interview (http://planethalflife.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Interviews.Detail&id=81)

[scotland1]

Yeah I just read that. Pretty interesting. They talk about what they did at digipen and stuff.

[Kadayi]

I posted this in the other thread about the interview, but this is the model the Portal girl is based on:-

http://www.ryanartists.com/photo_l/alesia_glidewell_hs.jpg

She looks a bit like Rachel Weisz imo.

[kingkuttar]

Alyx's long lost portal manipulating sister!

[Iron_cube]

Alyx's long lost portal manipulating sister!

That'd create some great interaction in future episodes.

Although it surely wont happen

[Giwusk]

That'd create some great interaction in future episodes.

Although it surely wont happen

...Or will it? One never truly knows. :rolling: