Just some posing fun)
For posing I didn't want to spend a lot of time, so I just exported her base body without armor into Mixamo and "rigged" it there. Fast and simple)) Then export back into C4D, attach all the armor to the body, tweaked pose a bit and fixed some weird shapes..
Next step was to setup a light to test a pose and silhouette and looks like I like it))
Small addings as a fire sparks for her Axe added too...
There's a lot stuff to do yet: base stand for her, fixing textures and tweak a light if needed...
Probably final lightning setup for character... Aaaand probably I'll change it a bit later when base'll be done... 
Is this still just for fun? 
Remember the cahracter has to be portrayed either defensive or attacking! Looks cool though <3
It's always for fun)))) She's at her defensive position.. but a bit relaxed.. Thanks))
Totally agree man : D
To answer your question, if you feel the judges will get that this is still a defensive pose then keep it. If there's some doubt and you think this isn't what it should be then you should change it.
Personally it's seems relaxed more than defensive, but, I think if you changed the face to be smiling, then she'll read as a overconfident character. This is how I read the character. Besides that this is badass. The contest doesn't end into the feb.8 so you have time to try more poses. The light setup and everything else looks awesome.
@malcom Thanks a lot for clarification and feedback! Looks like I'll better try out some more variants then... TY again)
She looks amazing! I think an attack pose would fit perfectly with her
@marianoeliceche Well.. Probably.. I wanted her to be kind of 'calm and deadly' one person without any aggressive attacking poses... Will try to figure out that somehow.. May be it's really could be just a smile on her face.... ))
Will post a link from Cubebrush's moderator @Acolet here for my question about attacking\defending pose and it's mood: https://forums.cubebrush.co/t/art-war-4-war-of-the-elements/7818/108
May be it'll be usefull to other guys too)
Cheers)
Ok.. SO I've made at last a bit of cleanup work for all the textures.
And because of business trip for a week in a 2 days I'll post my finished work really soon...
While I'm trying to figure out how to post final entry right - here's a small teaser shot from Marmoset Toolbag))
Hey all!
TY for a great Challenge Cubebrush! Thanks everybody for your support, comments, views and critiques and hope you like my entry! GLHF to all other participants!
My personal details:
Full Name: Egor Gostyshev
Email: ghostyshev@gmail.com
Website: https://www.artstation.com/eggo
My character's details:
Name: Madre Scintilla del Fuoco
Class: Defender
Faction: Fire
Superpower: Sizzling Hand of Gades
Weapon: Firestorm Axe
Final Image:
Detail Sheet:
And here's some additional shots:
Cheers, EGGO
Thanks a lot!!! 
Thanks a lot!)) GL to you too)
