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[jon bones]

The ninja thread got me thinking about how silly (and hell, downright dangerous) "sexy" female body armor is. What are your favorite bits of functional female body armor?

Bonus points for good examples from FFXIV because I want even more reasons to love that game.

 

[Eggbok]

Absolutely love this!

 

[JimPanzer]

 

[Sendou]

Well you have to give credit to this even if it's not the most original answer:

 

[gamechanger87]

I would say nothing covering the chest area is the most effective as it has disarmed men for thousands of years.

 

[nullset2]

I would say nothing covering the chest area is the most effective as it has disarmed men for thousands of years.

gamechanger87
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(Today, 12:53 PM)

Holy shit I'd never thought of that. Amazing.

 

[ElTorro]

Dem boots.

 

[Isaccard]

Dat first post

 

[Mohasus]

The cosmocrator DLC for Lightning (LR:FXIII) looks so damn cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1gQi57ltwM (from 1:10 onwards).

 

[Parakeetman]

 

[jabuseika]

Brass Set;

 

[Screaming Meat]

Badass white sneaking suit.

 

[Easy_D]

I would say nothing covering the chest area is the most effective as it has disarmed men for thousands of years.

Way to kill the thread. Lmao.

 

[EVOL 100%]

Well, we're off to a great start

 

[BadWolf]

The female judge from Final Fantasy XII looked pretty badass.

 

[TalonJH]

Even as a guy, I'm always at lest slightly offended when female armor is always shaped around each breast.

 

[Astral/H3X]

This guy knows what's up.

 

[kazebyaka]

 

[Mister Chippy]

Well, we're off to a great start

You said it. I'm trying very, very hard to go off on a rant about what "functional" actually means.

 

[Shmuppers]

Cerabella's hat.

 

[kasane]

quote those images

holy hell

 

[Glass Rebel]

I love how the Gallian forces in Valkyria Chronicles look, especially the females. I'd post pics but I'm on my phone.

 

[psylah]

Chastity belt.

 

[Alucrid]

did someone rub baby oil on lightning?

 

[Mister Chippy]

Even as a guy, I'm always at lest slightly offended when female armor is always shaped around each breast.

XCom actually fixed that in their first expansion, which was good of them.

 

[Shiina]

Way to kill the thread. Lmao.

First post already did that

 

[TalonJH]

Absolutely love this!

Not a big fan of lightning but I love this look.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Dark Souls's brass set is great. Very feminine and graceful looking yet fully functional. Same with the Lord Blade set (though I'm not a big fan of that porcelain mask, the rest looks good though):

Best Demon's Souls armour:

Classics:

 

[TalonJH]

XCom actually fixed that in their first expansion, which was good of them.

Their first version isn't horrible.

 

[Soma]

I've always liked Lenneth's in Valkyrie Profile:

 

[EBE]

wait, so female chest armor really never had the boob accents? not even as a ceremonial/aesthetic choice in the same way male armor might have had pronounced pectoral muscles?

 

[Leunam]

Fighting in heels seems like the worst idea ever.

 

[Patryn]

Absolutely love this!

How is this practical? Look at the amount of skin being shown off. Does she really need her upper thighs exposed? Not to mention her arms?

For true practical, I love the look of Mass Effect's armor, although it does suffer the "boob shaped" problem pointed out above.

 

[DoubleTake]

Brass Set;

Came to post this. That helmet is badass.

 

[EVOL 100%]

How is this practical? Look at the amount of skin being shown off. Does she really need her upper thighs exposed? Not to mention her arms?

Itt absence of boob plate = functional

 

[Colorful Vocabulary]

Elwen's armor.

 

[jabuseika]

lightning image[IMG]

Absolutely love this![/QUOTE]

I love that all the major arteries are exposed. Perfect.

 

[TalonJH]

wait, so female chest armor really never the boob accents? not even as a ceremonial/aesthetic choice in the same way male armor might have had pronounced pectoral muscles?

It's a little different when the armor wraps around each breast separately so it looks like someone gave them armor, forgot that a woman has boobs and cut out two holes and covered them.

 

[killatopak]

This one.

from RO. Spent many years on this game pimping out my character.

And this one.

Not my most used character in DotA but one of the most prominently used one.

This was so dope in VC2.

 

[TalonJH]

Fighting in heels seems like the worst idea ever.

I've seen some ladies that would change your mind.

 

[Comfort Jones]

wait, so female chest armor really never had the boob accents? not even as a ceremonial/aesthetic choice in the same way male armor might have had pronounced pectoral muscles?

I'm pretty sure having the armor conform to the breasts would be more of a flaw in the design than it's worth.

Also what army used pronounced pectoral muscles in their armor design?

Edit-Also that Lightning design makes no sense to me. She's wearing just enough metal to probably slow her down quite a bit while at the same time not being protected at all. Great. I love FF character designs.

 

[Mister Chippy]

Their first version isn't horrible.

I know. I think it's pretty cool that they just decided to do this themselves even though there wasn't any massive pressure on them to change it.

wait, so female chest armor really never had the boob accents? not even as a ceremonial/aesthetic choice in the same way male armor might have had pronounced pectoral muscles?

Well obviously it might have been used ceremonially, but honestly it was more likely to have just been normal style armor. Boob accents are a horrible idea for actual functional armor, plus they'd just be really inconvenient to the woman wearing them. I mean seriously, what are you supposed to do, socket each one of your boobs into the accent when you put on the armor? Not if you're wearing mail underneath you aren't! A normal chest plate would be far more useful and comfortable, and unless the woman the armor was being made for was incredibly busty there wouldn't even need to be much of a difference in the chest plate from a male chestplate.

 

[sqwarlock]

Not my most used character in DotA but one of the most prominently used one.

Not to go off-topic here, but since when is Sylvanas a DotA character?

EDIT: Nevermind, the image is now no longer Sylvanas.

 

[Patryn]

Ok, obviously some people's ideas of functional armor and my idea are way different. When I think functional, I think armor that could actually protect someone in combat, and thus would be covering the vast majority of the body. Not stuff that leaves exposed arms, thighs and necks.

 

[Parakeetman]

While its just a single small example dragons dogma had some pretty cool functional looking female armor too. Considering the weapon Mercedes used it makes sense that she has lighter armor like this in order to keep herself agile.

 

[TalonJH]

I'm pretty sure having the armor conform to the breasts would be more of a flaw in the design than it's worth.

Also what army used pronounced pectoral muscles in their armor design?

Exactly. Any armor with "enhanced" pectorals is just for show.

 

[Manu]

This was so dope in VC2.

You mean VP2 (Valkyrie Profile).

Also, that picture

Spoiler

is kind of a spoiler.

 

[EBE]

I'm pretty sure having the armor conform to the breasts would be more of a flaw in the design than it's worth.

Also what army used pronounced pectoral muscles in their armor design?

Edit-Also that Lightning design makes no sense to me. She's wearing just enough metal to probably slow her down quite a bit while at the same time not being protected at all. Great. I love FF character designs.

didnt the greeks?

mass produced for the average infantryman or not, they had that motif going on.

Well obviously it might have been used ceremonially, but honestly it was more likely to have just been normal style armor. Boob accents are a horrible idea for actual functional armor, plus they'd just be really inconvenient to the woman wearing them. I mean seriously, what are you supposed to do, socket each one of your boobs into the accent when you put on the armor? Not if you're wearing mail underneath you aren't! A normal chest plate would be far more useful and comfortable, and unless the woman the armor was being made for was incredibly busty there wouldn't even need to be much of a difference in the chest plate from a male chestplate.

well i never thought theyd be socketing the boobs in one at a time. lol. i just thought theyd be there as dressing. the armor would be worn the same as the male armor, just with the boobie bits sticking out a bit more.

 

[gngf123]

Absolutely love this!

Not at all practical, but it sure is pretty.

 

[AnnTiPa]

Nothing beats this. Such a great design.