Cover Contest Oct. 10 - 16: Gals 'n' Guns

[Iron Maiden]

Well, that would have been about thirty years after that illustration was completed?
And remember, the main thing an artist might look for when using a person to pose for a comic book drawing is more the positioning of things; they wouldn't have to have the exact same measurements/features as the character being drawn, but you would want how/where they hold the gun, etc. to help the overall composition. (Besides, how many women do you know who have legs that are that tall and thin? And do you think most of Sienkiewicz's work is photo-realistic?)

It depends. That figure is exaggerated but for example his Dazzler covers had less exaggerated proportions

Just saying if you hadn't mentioned her name, I would not have made the connection. The face is too small and looks fairly generic. I never knew she modeled and that is an interesting bit of trivia.