The Imperial Desert Corps Arms and Armour

[DarkAsmodeous]

This is for concept art, discussion of the concept art, etc. I suppose this can fit here, but keep things like names of battalions and the like in the quest thread.

[Pharazon]

Originally posted by DarkAsmodeous
This is for concept art, discussion of the concept art, etc. I suppose this can fit here, but keep things like names of battalions and the like in the quest thread.

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What color would the plate be? Black, grey, tan, red, maroon, yellow, desertish?

[DarkAsmodeous]

tanish.

[Pharazon]

Originally posted by DarkAsmodeous
tanish.

Can we add some maroon cloth to the outfit? Like the part covering the face?
like this -> clicky

[bob196045]

Originally posted by Lady Nerevar
I think that heavy iron like the legions have in OB is compleatly not suited for the desert.

Thats kinda why I asked, it would be hard pressed for a soldier to move around well in the sand and wind in heavy armour... I learned that the hard way

Semper Fi

[Pharazon]

Originally posted by bob196045

Originally posted by Lady Nerevar
I think that heavy iron like the legions have in OB is compleatly not suited for the desert.

Thats kinda why I asked, it would be hard pressed for a soldier to move around well in the sand and wind in heavy armour... I learned that the hard way

Semper Fi

Did you use a crappy M-16?

[bob196045]

yes I had that luxury as well

They like to lock up especially when its sandy, learned that in Parris Island X( X(

[Pharazon]

I'm thinking the Legion should have a Golden Serpent as it's symbol

[Agema]

I like the design of the armor but I'm a bit mixed about the helmet.

Before I begin I'd want to mention the heavy armor aspect. It seem's odd, but the more arid Near east was the first developer of 'cataphracts' or armored horse and rider (To be fair, this may have been devised in central asia or the steppe, but either can be very hot). They saw frequent use, perhaps even more frequent use in the near east than in Europe. Despite common sense dictating otherwise, armor seems to be frequent in Islamic armies, but cloth I think would be essential to cover it or the metal would easily burn the skin, where with cloth it would assumably not be too much different than wearing clothing..if that makes sense.

Though definately plate armor like the Stock-Oblivion legions is out of the question, I think it should not be solely cloth. I'd personally love to see an exotic look to the Desert Corps. Not that they lost their touch with Imperial culture, but that by being in this region for so long they've started to pick up on the customs of the Khajiits, and taken to using their local smiths instead of having to send for repairs from back home (Or their smiths just decided to borrow from the indigenous smithies). Scale and lamellar is what I'd hope for.

Now back to the actual concepts. I really have to say the goggles are not something that looks too good. It seems too modern, too tusken raider. For the helmets, they look good. I'd wonder if there might not be versions of the helmet where cloth is wrapped around the top so that it does not take in too much of the sunlight and grow too hot.

The half cloak is really a great move, as is the leather guard surrounding the waistline. The boots I dont think should be purely metal. It might be better to go with a heavy leather boot that has strips of metal instead of fully metal.


Meaning no offense, this is just this fan's opinion.

[DarkAsmodeous]

I like the look of the helmet, the goggles need a little work, but overall the helmet is driving our development of their nature.