Month: August 2014

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jethroq:

Plate armor isn’t exactly spandex, but it’s also not a tank you wear on your body.

And like, any male ranger/thief/whatever agility based class character is not going out in a metal speedo, so why exactly are female warrior/strength/heavy armor + weapons type characters in chainmail bikinis?

The agility defence is the official worst argument when it comes to fantasy armors.

And a little bit more on why the “women aren’t strong enough to wear armor” myth is just absurd.

Remember, in times of war they used to fit hundreds of soldiers in this stuff and expect them to fight all day with heavy weapons.  Armor had to be light enough allow an “average” man with training to use it reliably, which means it’d be easily usable for the “average” woman with the same training.

– wincenworks

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If men had to wear the same armor styles that women do in certain games their heart would always be unprotected.

Handily the concept art for the upcoming game Nosgoth provides us a perfectly illustrated example of how ridiculous the the boob window really is.

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Why did they do this? I don’t really know.  Why did they do this for a vampire? I really don’t know.

All I know is: If this was a female character then many people wouldn’t even give a second thought to how ridiculous this is.

– wincenworks

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I’m a lady-type person with a large rack (Around european cup size 75j-80j). At this size binding doesn’t really work (at least for me – sports bras don’t really do enough either) What kind of armor you reckon would work best for a large bust?

I don’t have a lot of experience in building armor myself, but I reached out to a friend who’s been into extremely enthusiastic for several decades and happens to be a woman.  Her recommendation is a globose breastplate with padding for additional support.  Something like these:

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(Joan of Arc by Albert Lynch (x) and Knightess by TypeSprite (x))

It is possible that one made off a peg suit you, but more likely that you would need one custom made.  Regardless you’d be going to a smooth deflective curve such as in the illustrations above.  Plate armor like this is actually quite roomy in order to allow movement, so there’ll be plenty of room to add supportive padding.

Globose breastplates are held on with a harness, so with firm padding should be able to restrain even the mightiest bosom.  Similar armoring techniques were often used when making custom suits for rotund nobles,  Henry VIII of England armors show a gradually increasing girth throughout his life.

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(Photo by Chuck, King Henry VIII’s armor in the Tower of London’s Royal Armouries.)

– wincenworks