LE Armor Rehaul

[Dragonzzilla]

Without a doubt, Skyrim nailed some wicked armor designs: Daedric, Nightingale, Ebony, and Steel Plate were dead-on great. But why do I bring this up? Well, because several other armors aren't as visually... appealing. These armors kinda put me off because of that: Dragon, Elven and Glass; other armors can be tolerated but would do better from an improvement. a lot of armors could stand having more fur fighting off the cold, even the ones that I think already look pretty cool.

 

Dragon Armor

When I first heard about dragon armor, I was interested to see how cool it was going to look like and how awesome it would be roaming around Skyrim with maximum protection and maximum coolness. But once I saw pictures of dragon armor, I was disappointed on both counts. Seriously, I just can't explain how bad dragon armor looks in the game. Dragonscale is... acceptable at best but the dragonbone armor set is just terrible looking.

 

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111112022650/elderscrolls/images/c/ca/Dragonarmor.jpg

 

Then there's the fact that dragonbone is weaker than daedric. The Daedra visit Tamriel more often than not; I wouldn't be surprised that somewhere between the daedric princes, conjuration and journeys to Oblivion that someone learned how to craft daedric armor. But this is dragon-armor, we're talking about. Dragons are the children of Akatosh -an extremely powerful god- and even the dremora said, dragons simply were and are. They're eternal, immortal, unchanging and unyielding: they were the masters of all humankind and the only thing that saved humankind was the intervention of a god and turning the dragons' own power against them. Overall, dragons are crazy smart and crazy powerful yet 'their' armor is the second strongest heavy armor sets in the game and is probably one of the ugliest.

 

Dwarven Armor

There's only one thing wrong with the dwarven armor set; the helmet -more specifically, the face. Why is it even there? The face integrated into the helmet is not only kinda creepy looking, it clashes with the armor's design with the line down the middle of the helmet and the facelessness (I like helmets and masks that obscure the face) that all the dwarven armors had from the previous Elder Scrolls games. If the helmet looked more like a helmet and less like an armored head, I would look at dwarven armor more often and maybe even use it.

 

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120216133028/elderscrolls/images/e/ea/Dwemerconcept1.jpg

 

See this armor? This was a concept art for Skyrim and in my opinion, is much better than what we have right now... well, the helmet is at least. The helmet looks more robotic (sources claim that dwarven armor are actually automaton shells), more anonymous and more mysterious; without the face, its harder to relate to the dwarves and that's the way it should be. Besides that, the rest of the suit is very similar to what we got right now and needs no changes.

 

Fur Addition

a lot of armors are cool already but the addition of fur to their models would not only make them lore-friendly and immersive but also cooler looking if you do it right.

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111120213838/elderscrolls/images/7/76/Whiterun_Guard.jpg

http://images.wikia.com/elderscrolls/images/f/fe/OrchishArmor_Skyrim.jpg

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111115132107/elderscrolls/images/5/5d/Ebony1.jpg

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120310200730/elderscrolls/images/0/0c/SteelPlateArmorBoth.png

 

Leather Armor

Leather Armor, though I don't have much of a problem with it, should be a little bit more full-bodied since Skyrim is so cold. Fallout 3's Leather Armor looks rather fitting for Skyrim; go forth, my Fallout veterans! Attack! On another but similar note, this leather armor actually looks more capable for thieves, and looks more rugged which fits adventurers and both fits people who need to be ready for anything.

 

http://images.wikia.com/fallout/images/3/3c/Leather_armor.png

[CassiPie]

I don't actually play characters who wear heavy armor, but I agree with you. A few tweaks here and there would make them more cold-weather friendly and aesthetically pleasing. My fiance pointed out to me that he has trouble finding -any- new armor mods for his male characters, let alone good ones. So some kind of armor overhaul for looks and weather would be really cool to see, for both males and females.

[Dragonzzilla]

I don't actually play characters who wear heavy armor, but I agree with you. A few tweaks here and there would make them more cold-weather friendly and aesthetically pleasing. My fiance pointed out to me that he has trouble finding -any- new armor mods for his male characters, let alone good ones. So some kind of armor overhaul for looks and weather would be really cool to see, for both males and females.

A majority of the Skyrim armor modders are well... let's just leave it at that. That's why there's no male armor mods. Too busy making the women sexual. Edited July 3, 2012 by Dragonzzilla