Women wearing realistic, practical armor that covers the entire body from the neck down and is shaped in a way that would actually repel attacks, rather than boobplate or similar.
This includes both historical/fantasy armor and modern combat armor, but not science fiction power armor. Helms or other head coverings are not required, despite being realistically necessary. ''
Y'all do realize that a breastplate with a '' breast mold '' would still deflect blades away right rofl? I dunno where this stupid idea comes from that they'd be harmful to the wearer or '' not do its job ''. People literally wore armor shaped like corsets by that same logic that'd be bad too, same with this armor if you struck her in the midriff since it's curved the same way.
Y'all do realize that a breastplate with a '' breast mold '' would still deflect blades away right rofl? I dunno where this stupid idea comes from that they'd be harmful to the wearer or '' not do its job ''. People literally wore armor shaped like corsets by that same logic that'd be bad too, same with this armor if you struck her in the midriff since it's curved the same way.
So the thing about armor, particularly rigid plate armor, is that any part where the armor curves inwards is going to create a kind of "pressure point" - any force applied to the armor is going to be funneled towards the dip and hit the wearer's body the hardest at the bottom of that dip. Unfortunately, having arms and legs and necks that need to be able to articulate while wearing the armor makes a 100% convex suit of armor unwearable, unless your idea of combat involves rolling around the battlefield in a big metal hamster ball, so some amount of inward curvature is unavoidable. However, this inward curvature can be used to your advantage - any force that's being directed towards one part of the body is being directed away from somewhere else on the body. But this means that where the armor curves inwards is of the utmost importance.
Of all parts of the human body, the center of the chest - the sternum - is second only to the head in "if this gets hit too hard, you just fucking die". The sternum is directly above the heart and lungs, and is an important part of the support structure that the breathing muscles anchor themselves to, so if it gets shattered, not only do you get shards of bone going into your heart and lungs, you literally lose the ability to breathe. The midriff, on the other hand, is one of the easiest places on the body to take blows - if you're fit enough to see combat in the first place, most of the impact will just be absorbed by your core muscles and belly fat. So the narrowing of the breastplate at the waist is calculated - it's designed to direct impacts away from the sternum and towards the midriff, turning what would have been a sternum-shattering blow into a bruised gut or a cracked lower rib at the worst.
The defining feature of "boobplate" is that it curves inwards in the middle of the chest, between the boobs, so that the appearance of "cleavage" is maintained despite the chest being covered. In other words, the armor is concave right above the sternum. Sure, metal is metal and it will still deflect (light) blades about as well as any other armor, but any kind of significant blunt force to the chest - from a hammer, a shield bash, or even just a larger blade with enough weight to deliver a good amount of kinetic force in addition to the slash - will basically turn your own armor into an axe head positioned directly above the part of your torso you want taking the impact the least.
(Note that it's perfectly fine for armor to conform to the breasts as a whole - indeed, if the breasts are big enough, it may even be necessary. It's only when the armor tries to show cleavage - either by exposing it or dipping inwards to conform to it - that problems arise.)
Why is this listed in how's that possible? It better not be because she has pointy ears.
blindVigil said:
Was about to ask the same thing. I guess people forgot ears are flexible.
It seems to me that it would be at the very least extremely uncomfortable to wear a helmet like that when one has ears that stand out like that in their natural state, not to mention difficult to put it on. But perhaps I'm underestimating the flexibility of anime-style elf ears.