No wonder the lose the war…
MichaelD submitted:
Hi I previously submitted Ellen from Kingdom Under Fire and since you’re asking for submissions here’s another expample from that game. This is the kind of thing that passes for armour for the Dark elves.
Their Commander:
Their infantry (minus sword and kite shield):
And for comparison.
A human commander:
Human Infantry:
I can’t imagine why the humans invasion goes so well…
Thanks for the heads up! 🙂
Well, to be fair those are probably male human soldiers (isn’t Ellen human too?), but yeah… One really have to wonder which of those troops is gonna be slaughtered in battle.
So if you want to wear some sculpted armor to the Ren Faire because you feel fabulous-looking in it, go forth and have fun! But if you’re drawing lady soldiers, or creating female characters who are depicted as actual warriors, please err on the side of reality when designing their armor. Science says your boob plates are killing the women you hoped they would protect. And none of us want that.
It’s Time to Retire “Boob Plate” Armor. Because It Would Kill You
It’s Time to Retire “Boob Plate” Armor. Because It Would Kill You
spinnywizards submitted:
Another ‘stop drawing boob plate’ article, via Penny Arcade
YES! This is perfect.
And my collection of articles on how boobplate is a major armor design flaw grows…
It shows what a prevalent problem boobplate is when its obvious badness needs to be iterared so often.
A very relevant quote from this article:
So if you want to wear some sculpted armor to the Ren Faire because you feel fabulous-looking in it, go forth and have fun! But if you’re drawing lady soldiers, or creating female characters who are depicted as actual warriors, please err on the side of reality when designing their armor.
It’s probably fair to say that women in fantasy RPGs are the industry’s most highly endangered species.
I mean, these are women who take on entire monster-infested dwarven mines wearing nothing but a bit of moulded plate metal over their chests and a chainmail g-string.
If it’s not disembowelling, it’s probably going to be some kind of really nasty infection from all that… chafing.
Scribblings or Something: Taking breastplates too literally…
Scribblings or Something: Taking breastplates too literally…
If the same thing was done with the man’s armour – say, the inclusion of a large, protruding armoured codpiece – most people would say ‘That looks ridiculous’. But for some reason this sort of silliness generally isn’t pointed out when women’s armour is sexualised.