meridok:babesinarmor:Dragon Age: Origins - concept art for Women’s Heavy ChestpiecesA
meridok: babesinarmor: Dragon Age: Origins - concept art for Women’s Heavy ChestpiecesAre those chain pants? Mail chausses were a thing, historically! Although I don’t think they were usually so… baggy. Much more fitted, from what I know. @ that cuirass though: argh why I love this, and I love when people share their knowledge! A little more info on Chausses, and a sweet pic of knee-high ones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChaussesAnd yes, I don’t think I could move in the cuirass, especially with that cloth overlay. Fitted armor that is enclosed and right against the skin turns you into a statue. Just ask Brigitte Helm: -- source link
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