A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends - Baltasar Gracian

Ok, my mind boils right now. I guess one really should hammer the iron when it is glowing hot. That aside, my mind really, really hurts now.

There is no doubt in my mind that even collecting inspiration is a hard job as long as you put enough effort into it. I wanted to recreate some of the armor to my neo crusader, at least ending up with a fresh draft for it. Well, I searched for armor. From the early Persian times to sci-fi cyborg armor. Reality to fantasy and light to heavy armor. I spent alot of time on this one picture which I raided using livesearch and google.



I wanted the armor all around to not look TOO heavy, generic or simple. I wanted a fresh design inspired by the best of the cultured warfare through the ages themselves. Now, I am not the best in terms of drawing in the class, however I think I have managed to get a fair first draft of the armor, although it took me some time. Well, here are the sketches.



Now, it might not look like much, and alot of the concepts are sorta altered to a degree. However it is hard work solving some of these problems. It makes your mind spin rapidly since it has to include a level of jointing. Not to mention you cannot leave too many regions looking generic or boring. Now, the helmet will glow from the cross like shape just like before. However I made a few modifications by use of various types of scales like on the legging, while also embracing the roman idea of extended scales for mobility. The renaissance idea of cutting the armor in the middle of the torso was also partially used as it presents the mix beetwen metal and fiber on the torso.

So some of these armors that was looked at in terms of inspiration all present some level of culture and dread. Even the 'antagonists' just as the heroes in history has a use in the creative. So why not use the best of both worlds?