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Let us analyze the design flaws in this armor; first let us call out the tassets, which are restricting her hip movements. And then her pants and shirt are made of velvet, which is a completely impractical fabric to use under armor…

But all of those things pale in comparison to the most impractical feature and serious design flaw, you guessed it, the cape! It can snag, entangle or otherwise be seized from behind and upset her center of gravity or impede her mobility. And they used velvet again, which will be difficult for her to rip if she has to suddenly free herself from any of the aforementioned scenarios

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Written by Alex Ledante

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  2. This is my view of this armour.

    nothing wrong with it.

    now let me explain, first the cape is in an ideal shape, its not thick or wide, its not too long. capes are either for warmth or cosmetic and not actually used in combat but this cape can be used in a fight without being too much of a problem.

    now for the armour, yes its using plate armour pieces so you’d think “heavy” but this doesn’t mean it should be seen as a heavy armour and deemed impractical. this is more of a cross between agility and defence. no joint is being restricted and plenty of room for mobility yet still providing a lot of defence.

    most people deem that female armours impractical are clueless as to why it’s designed like it is and only see it as skin showing equals impractical or some other BS.

    but in the end, Yes this is impractical BUT only if you see it as a Heavy Armour, reason being is because its not actually a heavy armour type that you’d think a tanky person would use.

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    • after doing a little bit of research into velvet, it’s basically a prettier version of chain-mail that’s more elastic then chain mail but not as strong as chain mail.

      this lady is using a 2-handed sword which is heavy, not to mention she is wearing plate armour pieces. with this she would have to be quite fit and strong in order to swing that great sword around the place. but if she was wearing full plate armour she’d probably die in a fight as she would be more sluggish and instead of swinging her sword around it’d be more lugging it around and not to mention lugging herself around.

      for a female to wear full plated heavy armour with a 2-handed/great sword she’d have to be a bodybuilding champion

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  5. The armor design is definitely beautiful however, it makes me think “heavy” and so that would impede agility of movement and tummy is unprotected? I love the cape — it is impractical but hey, superhero needs cape just so they look gorgeous lol

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      • A bare midriff is liability during fight – one thrust of dagger or sword would be the end of her. The covering in the chest is good for fashion but constricting in a fight; if you use some of that to cover the tummy…and anyway, her chest would be a nice distraction to enemy — and feminists would be horrified to read this lol

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