First off, I wanna say I can't take credit for the pose. I have a huge pile of referance art, and a stuffed-to-the-brim folder for just poses. Most of the things in the folder were found on 4-chan, so I'm afraid I can't give exact credit for the artwork I was looking it.
Now that that's been said, I wanted to try designing Maq some new armor, before this site launched into it's 10.5 form. This was one such attempt. I didn't go with the armor in it, but I liked the piece too much to let it lay untouched. So I finished it! And I do like how it turned out.