lattice in gold high heel shoes
I want something like this in my closet, therefore I must make something like this.
Hell YEAH. Notice no boob cups in the armor. That’s the real fucking deal. (The divot in the cleavage of boob armor is a weak spot and a good hit to it would smash the center of the ribcage.)
Forever reblog women in proper armour.
YES THIS
Hence forever grateful to a lot of the armor in DA
Except that weird leather armor with bare cleavage.
Like why.
this is who merida grows up to be
This is the perfect example of female armour - and yes, in fact, there’s not much difference to male armour at all.
While the armour in here is likely for sports only its design is still far closer to what medieval women would have worn. Not… metal bikinis.
That and one must remember that there is underarmour to be considered. the padding worn underneath armour - there won’t be much curves of the woman’s body left to be seen once she puts on her gear.
Beautiful!
to be fair, armor for males was sometimes made as a sort of ‘replica chest’ as well:
but that was generally done for theatrical effect, such as for gladiators and parade armor, and the practice had pretty much been abandoned by the period depicted above.
it also crosses my mind that a woman who’s done enough strength training to handle the heavy weapons used in that style of fighting is likely to be a lot less curvy than before she did the training.
and i’m just gonna stop before i get sidetracked onto researching female gladiators in ancient rome. i’ll just say it’s an interesting topic. :D
I read an article once written by an armorer about ‘chestplate vs. boobplate’ which was entertaining as well as informative. Not only is the valley a weak spot in the armor, it’s also dangerous in that should a the person wearing it fall on their front, they’d be likely to crack their sternum, that having rises for breasts in armor actually guides weapons toward vital organs, stuff like that.
Here’s the article, if you’re interested: http://madartlab.com/2011/12/14/fantasy-armor-and-lady-bits/
that’s a great article. i was thinking in terms of historical accuracy and practicality, but they come at it from an artistic standpoint, which is both interesting and useful.
Art Nouveau Doors <3
(Photos uncredited as I collected them on my hard-drive a long time ago!)
they look so magical
