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Beaten/torn gunslinger Konoko, as drawn by Lorraine Reyes for the cover of PC Advisor magazine. Although she cannot do so in the game itself, Konoko carries three weapons:

• The shotgun is the all-too-famous Franchi SPAS-12.
• The machine gun bears a resemblance to a belt-fed AR-15.
• The revolver is apparently inspired by the iconic Italian Mateba revolver, as mentioned HERE.

All 3 guns have been modeled by 17secs and are available as low-poly OBJ.

Lorraine said of this work: "I'm proud of it technically, but I wish I'd never drawn that cheesecake picture of her all torn up with three guns on her, wrapped in bullets -- it's not the way I wanted to see Konoko portrayed." When Take-Two took ownership of the property, they seemed to feel the same way, as Jacen Burrows was brought in to redraw her bodysuit and armor whole and intact; this art was used as the official box art in most of the game's releases, as seen HERE. Jacen was also asked to add legs to Konoko, as seen HERE; Lorraine's original drawing never extended further downward than what is shown above, and Take-Two may have wanted a full-body shot of Konoko for use as a cardboard standup that could advertise the game in stores. In the end, a separate piece of art was commissioned for that purpose in which Konoko did not carry any guns and was simply in a fighting stance, which was kid-safe enough to display in a Toys "R" Us.

The "torn Konoko" image is a fan-favorite and been used in multiple wallpapers, including: