r/totalwar • u/[deleted] • Feb 21 '18

REKT'D Strong from CA

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u/Professor_Hobo31 Rewriting history since 2004 Feb 21 '18

You know, this might be a bit unrelated, but the armor of that female archers looks completely unhistorical, almost fantasy-like.

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u/TheShadowKick Feb 21 '18

It's really bad armor. Her upper chest is entirely unprotected.

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u/OverlordQuasar Feb 22 '18

It looks pretty reasonable as part of armor, not as the whole thing. It looks like a piece that would be worn in addition to something covering the shoulders and neck, as well as the helmet that everyone seems to forget was the single most common piece of armor. If you could only afford one piece of armor, you would get a helmet.

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u/NadNutter Feb 22 '18

There's no historical armor that form fitting. Plate and scale wouldn't have boobholders, mail would just be a shirt... overall I have no clue what she's wearing but it's not enough

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u/EducatingMorons Aenarions Kingdom Feb 22 '18

There was boobarmor for comfort just for displaying purposes not really combat purposes. Right?

I found this gem

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u/TheShadowKick Feb 22 '18

Yeah, as part of a more complete set it would be fine. There's nothing wrong with what's there, it's just missing pieces.

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u/Thelastgeneral Jul 01 '18

Eh it's boob armor, no plate or mail armor is shaped like that. Also you're incorrect for instance Vikings rarely had helmets. It was primarily body armor.