Hi everyone! My first post on these forums, don't really know why I started on this topic, but here are my two cents anyways:
I study medicine, as in studying to be a doctor. I have to say that from purely anatomical point of view I actually really like the PE concept art of female plate armor shown in this thread, as they capture the biggest differences in female and male pshysiology. Shoulders and hips. Female shoulders and hips are actually very different from males, due to having to be able to give birth.
In the concept armor most of the weight would rest on the womans hips, as it should be. Female upperbody strength is normally about 40-50% of a man that is in the same size category. Having full plate armor, that didn't specifically take this in consideration would be extremely uncomfortable.
Also, the waist part should be pretty different, partly because the armor would be carried mainly on those hips, but also because female hips are wider, and hung differently (baby actually crawls out from between the pelvis bones).
So, yes, I think female armor should be different to be realistic. Lots of the required changes would probably be done with padding differences, but the hip and shoulder region would be quite different to make comfortable armor.
In closing, my opinion: PE concept armor GOOD some of the best in gaming I've seen, booby plates BAD :D
Cheers!
ps. I'm not english, so please pardon the clumsy language
Hi everyone! My first post on these forums, don't really know why I started on this topic, but here are my two cents anyways: I study medicine, as in studying to be a doctor. I have to say that from purely anatomical point of view I actually really like the PE concept art of female plate armor shown in this thread, as they capture the biggest differences in female and male pshysiology. Shoulders and hips. Female shoulders and hips are actually very different from males, due to having to be able to give birth. In the concept armor most of the weight would rest on the womans hips, as it should be. Female upperbody strength is normally about 40-50% of a man that is in the same size category. Having full plate armor, that didn't specifically take this in consideration would be extremely uncomfortable. Also, the waist part should be pretty different, partly because the armor would be carried mainly on those hips, but also because female hips are wider, and hung differently (baby actually crawls out from between the pelvis bones). So, yes, I think female armor should be different to be realistic. Lots of the required changes would probably be done with padding differences, but the hip and shoulder region would be quite different to make comfortable armor. In closing, my opinion: PE concept armor GOOD some of the best in gaming I've seen, booby plates BAD :D Cheers! ps. I'm not english, so please pardon the clumsy language
