BuckeyeTiba Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Was the armor on the Nord in the Skyrim demos light or heavy? It doesn't seem as thick and bulky as heavy armor was in Oblivion, so it being light would not be a surprise. If anyone knows what specific armor it is, or what material it's made from, please mention below :biggrin: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dench Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) Light This is heavyhttp://www.gamedynamo.com/images/galleries/photo/998/the-elder-scrolls-v-tes-5-skyrim-screenshots-6.jpg Edited October 5, 2011 by Dench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jermungand Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) Light This is heavyhttp://www.gamedynamo.com/images/galleries/photo/998/the-elder-scrolls-v-tes-5-skyrim-screenshots-6.jpg No, he's wearing heavy armor (iron) in the demo, not light. The light armors have a harness crossing the torso. I'm pretty sure the coverage of the armor increases as it's upgraded. Look at the screenshots of the game, and you'll notice that some characters are wearing EXACTLY the same iron armor, but with pauldrons added. There are no items designated as "pauldrons" within the game, so I can only assume that these bits are all upgrades (added with smithing) to the singular "Iron Armor" item. The same goes for light armors, which get pieces attached to and under the harness as they're upgraded. Arvel the Swift, the Dark Elf that gets released from the web in the demo, is wearing hide armor with one pauldron. Other screenshots show characters wearing the same armor, but with torso coverage that Arvel doesn't have. Edited October 5, 2011 by Jermungand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckeyeTiba Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 This definitely looks like leather or something:http://cdn.gamerant.com/wp-content/uploads/Elder-Scrolls-Skyrim-Scan.jpg Now THIS is iron heavy armor:http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4lrm97dBqNo/TTBUbM33FKI/AAAAAAAAAX0/-SE1Q1VIF0Q/s1600/skyrim_018.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jermungand Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) This definitely looks like leather or something:http://cdn.gamerant.com/wp-content/uploads/Elder-Scrolls-Skyrim-Scan.jpg Now THIS is iron heavy armor:http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4lrm97dBqNo/TTBUbM33FKI/AAAAAAAAAX0/-SE1Q1VIF0Q/s1600/skyrim_018.jpg The first one you've linked is Iron Armor, and therefore heavy. It's got a lot of fur trim because it's Skyrim-style. The second one is definitely heavy, but not of iron (think it's Elvish). It's probably been fully upgraded with the smithing skill (because of the coverage). Edited October 5, 2011 by Jermungand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziitch Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 To me, it looks like we are getting variations of armor rather than an assured class for every material. In other words you have heavy iron and light iron, and so on and so forth for steel, Orcish, ebony and Daedric, and then armors that were originally light armors now have a heavy variation like the Elven armor that you see and possibly Glass. Some probably won't have that variation because that's how they are built, like chainmail, leather, Dwemer and Mithril. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draconix Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 The first one you've linked is Iron Armor, and therefore heavy. It's got a lot of fur trim because it's Skyrim-style. The second one is definitely heavy, but not of iron (think it's Elvish). It's probably been fully upgraded with the smithing skill (because of the coverage).Elven armor though so far as been light armor... However it could be Dwarfish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jermungand Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 The first one you've linked is Iron Armor, and therefore heavy. It's got a lot of fur trim because it's Skyrim-style. The second one is definitely heavy, but not of iron (think it's Elvish). It's probably been fully upgraded with the smithing skill (because of the coverage).Elven armor though so far as been light armor... However it could be Dwarfish? Yeah that could be. Of course, "Elvish" is a very nebulous label that could very easily be changed to be heavy by the designers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimembrain Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 the armor in the demo was leather=light .. also the pic post 2 showed was elven .. also light .. the iron armor they have shown in some demos looks a lot like the leather but the leather doesnt have a chest plate .. the "promo" pics they have shown with the pre rendered viking guy have all been light leather armor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jermungand Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) the armor in the demo was leather=light .. also the pic post 2 showed was elven .. also light .. the iron armor they have shown in some demos looks a lot like the leather but the leather doesnt have a chest plate .. the "promo" pics they have shown with the pre rendered viking guy have all been light leather armor. Look carefully, the promo guy is wearing hide armor (that Arvel is wearing), but in the demo, he's wearing a different set (apart from the helmet and gauntlets, which are the same). He's wearing an iron breastplate (and by extension, Iron Armor). Both sets of armor have a lot of scruffy fur trim, so it's easy to overlook the fact that they're different armors. Look REALLY carefully. And why assume that elven is light, just because it was in Oblivion? By the way, the orc boss with the warhammer from the UK PC Gamer is wearing THE SAME armor as the guy from the demo. The ONLY difference is that the orc boss has PAULDRONS. I know you're smart. You'll figure it out. Edited October 5, 2011 by Jermungand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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