• Contramuffin@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Chest plates aren’t meant to be flat. They’re meant to be round. The reason is that rounded armor is structurally more stable and it’s easier to get a weapon to deflect off rounded armor than a flat armor. There should be plenty of space for breasts in regular medieval armor without needing any sort of modification.

    Having the chest plate fit the breasts actually introduces a point of weakness, since glancing blows will be deflected toward the heart.