but how else can you sexualize the women if you don’t give them armored boob pods!!!!
Also, breastplates are shaped to redirect the tip of a sword or spear to the side. Boobplates would redirect the weapon right into the middle of the woman’s chest.
This topic pops up (or the subjects of the topic pop out) every now and again. Something to remember is that it’s easier for an illustrator on a deadline (check comics costumes) to start with a basic nude then add enough “not-naked-honestly” colours and patterns to make it fit for print.
That’s (IMO) the technical reason for boob-plates, chainmail bikinis and all the rest, but then come the excuses and justifications about “lightness”, “mobility” and “distraction”. I’ve said before that Red Sonja could strip to the buff and any opponent who knew her reputation would still pay more attention to her sword that all the flesh on show. Naked T&A aren’t as dangerous as naked steel.
And why is it always boob-plates? Why not bum-plates? There’s actual historical precedent for those…
Here’s another commentary on boob-plates; here’s yet another; and here’s a rebuttal to that one from someone who knows rather less than he thinks he does. Some of his original post made sense, but his reply to a comment destroyed his credibility in 17 words:
“And yes a mace, morning star or hammer would cause some damage but it wont kill you”.
Facepalm. Headdesk. Of course they bloody well would! Why else were they carried in battle? As flyswatters or back-scratchers?
They’d do it without going through the armour, too. They’d crush and dent the plate, they’d ruin the joint articulation and the wearer’s mobility, they’d transmit impact shock into tissue and organs, bones and joints…
Look up “blunt force trauma”, “concussion”, “coup-contrecoup injury”, “internal haemorrhage”, “depressed skull fracture” and indeed any number of other fractures, and all the many other ways in which apparently-well-protected human beings can come to harm. If that can be the result of accident, think about deliberate assault with a weapon designed to negate the protection and wielded by someone trained to use it to best effect.
A man in full plate harness getting seriously done over by a percussion weapon, like the mace, morning-star or hammer dismissed so lightly, would suffer injuries similar to a car crash. But in this crash, the “other car” would be taking deliberate aim at the places where impact would do most harm, and that full plate harness would be proper armour meant for battlefield use to avert injury if possible, not some Vegas showgirl “look at the boobies” nonsense. It might help.
One well-placed blow of his mace, hammer, whatever, against the back of your gauntlet hasn’t damaged the steel, but the impact shock though the metacarpal bones has made you drop your sword. It hurts like hell and distracts you enough that you don’t avoid the next one, delivered low against your knee. Again the armour holds, but its joint and that of the leg within snap sideways in a direction it was never meant to go. Cartilage rips, your kneecap pops loose, ligaments tear free of bone, the leg buckles and you crash to the ground. You wrench up your visor to yell “Quarter!”, but his next blow is already on its way as you sprawl. It starts high above his head and ends against your helmet. The helmet’s as well made as everything else you’re wearing, it doesn’t shatter or split, but its metal crushes so much that the dent caves in your skull. If you’re lucky, if you’re unaware of what’s about to happen, the lights will just go out. Otherwise the last thing you ever see, coming down hard and fast, is one of these…
“…wont kill you.” Yeah, right.
Deeep breath. Okay. Better.
Here’s real boob-plate armour…
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