Mooseborn Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 I came to Skyrim as an avid D&D player, and one of the many things I thought would fit into the lore of Skyrim was Half plate armour which comprises: Chainmaille Hauberk (shirt)Chainmaille Hose (leggings)Breast plate EpaulettesElbow guardsGauntletsTassets (Plates around the bottom of the breast plate)Greaves (Shin plates)I've seen many nice chainmaille armours, and many nice plate armours, yet nothing in the realms of half plate (Orcish is the nearest vanilla half plate). Would this interest anyone as a project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottC12 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 (edited) As a former D&D’er myself, I like your idea of half-plate armor, and agree that there are some great Skyrim mods here on the Nexus for chainmail and great mods for plate armor, but nothing really for transitional/ half-plate armor. In a Medieval fantasy setting, you'd think think that half-plate armor would be fairly common, since different armor pieces could be mixed and matched, with full plate armor being rather expensive and hard to get (something only knights of renown, nobles, and big bad bosses would wear). With the way the Skyrim armor system appears to work, with the different armor pieces taking up "slots", I suppose a modder would have to implement the pieces (torso, gauntlets, & boots) of half-plate armor as it's own armor type, rather than a set of chainmail with a plates on top. One mod that emulates a padded or chain hauberk is the Armor Padding Kits mod by crazyjoe2k. The craftable cloth padding or chainmail tunics can be worn by the player character under armor and it counts toward their armor rating. Unfortunately, the author was not able to make the under-tunic visible beneath the top armor, so it is invisible. Another drawback is that follower NPCs ignore the under-tunic if you try to equip them with it – they apparently do not recognize it as clothing or armor. Edited September 18, 2014 by ScottC12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightinglae850 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Do you mean something like this? http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/150/2/2/Mercenary_by_JamesDenton.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derok Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 May have something like that, not finished. http://i.imgur.com/lOC6MuY.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyacathusarullistad Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I dunno if it's exactly what you're looking for, but the Grey Wardem armour is sort of a mixed plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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