Skyrim Armour

[4RM3D]

Regarding the sweet looking Nightingale Armor, may I direct you to a retexture mod that looks even sweeter?

[link]http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1896[/link]

(If you're playing on a console, please disregard this)

That looks nice. Gonna give it a try. Thanks for the link.

 

[lovest harding]

Agreed.
The steel armor is absolutely gorgeous (helped by the fact that it's not needlessly weighted by extras and the ornate designs that don't get in the way or look like they take away from the protection).
It's the first armor I've seen in Elder Scrolls that I really thought looked like it was made by a real craftsman (someone worried about utilitarian uses AND aesthetics).

For the most part, I'd say that the heavy armor all took a notable turn this time around both in being interesting to look at as well as looking like they were designed for the purpose of keeping you alive when some large man with an axe was trying to figure out the quickest way to empty your body of blood. Sure daedric armor is ornate but then that could simply be because those who would craft such a thing would mold it after the daedra in the first place. You could even argue that daedric influence itself is what causes such a shift.

Light armor on the other hand is fairly universally useless seeming. None of the hide armor looks like it would keep you warm much less keep do much to slow down an arrow. Of the lot, I'd say that scale, glass and base leather are the only sets that seem like they'd do anything.

I honestly found myself going back to that steel plate armor for far longer than was really useful. Sure, I'd carry around a set of daedric gloves specifically for the purpose of punching people to custard as the game required but in the end and I spent my fair share of time in the Ebony mail (until I tried leveling up block but was frustrated by the fact people kept dropping dead if I didn't spend all my time healing them), but in the end all I really wanted was something that I could reasonably expect a practical protection minded warrior to wear in the face of large scale land warfare and annoying dragon attacks.

I agree entirely about the Dardric Armor.

Light armor wise, I love the new look of glass (where it doesn't look like actual glass anymore), but I still question how useful it would actually be maybe because I just can't relate any real world material to it. The leather is fantastic, I just hate the fact that it looks like a skirt (so our upper thighs and knees aren't important? I would think that would be a good place for extra protection.

The Steel and Iron armors just seem to fit Skyrim (as a place) better. Iron is rusty and dirty and very much an every day warrior garb. But Steel looks like it has history. Like it's tied to the Nords in a way other than just being armor.

 

[Sandernista]

And how do we know how tall the dwemer were? They're all gone remember? And orcs are elves, go figure.

Some Elves and men have lived a very long time due to magic and other suches. Vivec, Almalexia, and Sotha Sil, the gods of Morrowind had been present at wars with the Dwemer. There was still 1 dwarf left in Vvardenfell, and there are tons of statues just everywhere.

 

[Free Thinker]

I actually like Dwarven armor. Thus far, it's my favorite, but when I forge a nice set of Daedric, that might take the proverbial cake. Granted I liked Oblivion Elven armor better, its just design, and I'm sure someone will make an armor mod. Give it time. Game isn't even a month old yet.

P.S. If Boba Fett and Darth Vader had a child, he'd be the single most badass thing in the universe.

 

[OManoghue]

The dwarves were 7 feet tall, and weren't dwarves at all. They were a race of elves called the Dwemer.

 

[michiehoward]

Love the Thalmor armor, haven't tried to enhance it yet, no good enough enchantments. Love the Nightengale Armor (you look like Revan!) The prettier robes. Also the Ebony is pretty awesome.

 

[WolfThomas]

Light armor wise, I love the new look of glass (where it doesn't look like actual glass anymore), but I still question how useful it would actually be maybe because I just can't relate any real world material to it.

It's made out of malachite that is a real material

Spoiler: heres a big ass vase made out of it

But it must be tougher like Obsidian in the Elderscrolls universe to able to make into weapons. Just like their ebony is a metal not a wood.

 

[ResonanceSD]

D-D-D-Daedric set wins =D

it looks so awesome + the weapons are the strongest.

 

[Ironman126]

Dragon Armour looks pretty cool methinks but my character doesn't like the heavy armour, but his hirelings are wearing them but the robes, and shoes and circlets, they are fun.

Spoiler: Ooh the robes...

That is possibly the most epic thing i have ever seen. I almost want to do a lighting mage build now.

OT: The dwarven armor looks stupid, but all the rest, especially the glass and draedic armors, look pretty sweet.

 

[EHKOS]

....I've gotta ask. WTF is with that first picture. It looks like Morrowind.

 

[lovest harding]

Light armor wise, I love the new look of glass (where it doesn't look like actual glass anymore), but I still question how useful it would actually be maybe because I just can't relate any real world material to it.

It's made out of malachite that is a real material

Spoiler: heres a big ass vase made out of it

But it must be tougher like Obsidian in the Elderscrolls universe to able to make into weapons. Just like their ebony is a metal not a wood.

Let me rephrase my point then: If it looked more like a material I know a lot about or see regularly in life, I'd be able to understand how useful it is.
(I'm not sure why I didn't realize it was made of malachite, maybe it's because I don't mine/smith much.)

 

[tvpirate]

Can someone give me a link that will show me the armor, give the stats for it, and provide the info on how to obtain. All that info, all at once. I have googled it but I am lazy and don't want to search for long.

 

[Jandau]

Are Dwarves 7 feet tall?

Actually, Elder Scrolls "Dwarves", or Dwemer, are/were basically underground-dwelling elves, not the usual fantasy dwarves. So yeah, they were pretty tall.