young lady I do not know where to begin welcome back to another armor review this one is sponsored
by Millennial Mage which is a book by the way and we'll come back to it periodically we have
five and a half tiers from I'd wear it the best done through pretty good not perfect but you know
reasonable via eh when it fails to rise above mediocrity which could be worse if an attempt
was made but really not much of one all the way down to just stab me now for the worst offenders
and of course there's also not actually armor for things that I have been asked to review
which aren't actually armor but I'll give you my opinion on them anyway I don't think we have any
of those this week but we'll see I'm wearing my appropriate hoodie let's go Mordred from
fate Apocrypha this one came with the note and just to be clear the actual armor not the outfit
that's basically sleeves leggings a loincloth and a strap around the breasts I feel pretty safe in
assuming what category that would fall into um yes I know you didn't ask for this one but it is
hilarious and Brilliant I'm not sure if it's meant to be armor or if they're just channeling Princess
Jasmine when she's Jafar's captive but either way it's very much a statement let's have a look at
the actual request oh okay I want to give it an I'd wear it and it looks really cool but it is
very spiky and those heels would be okay for horse riding I guess would you not just be stabbing your
horse all the time with those spikes and wait is she a baddie I mean she is called Mordred Mordred
was various kinds of traitor in Arthurian Legend if she's a baddie I'd wear it because yes spikes
are very impractical but look how intimidating and yes kind of over the top but that's okay heels of
a more or less appropriate height for riding a horse full face helmet to go with your full
plate armor at least nine out of ten I'd wear it. good job starting strong we continue with
a quote from today's sponsor she's going kill me you heard her she won't leave you dead next
Byleth from Fire Emblem three houses specifically the female version but we can look at both young
lady I do not know where to begin you young men are similarly inexplicable but at least you got
clothes first those heels that's probably a seven centimeter heel at minimum that's not going to be
great for the sword fighting and the running around one poleyn to protect the left knee why
only the left the last leggings are a bold choice that we'll come back to but they make me assume
that she's into fashion and she also has this weird detached collar thing which is completely
useless so fashion accessory and then hot pants and no that's I spent a very long time looking at
this and concluded that it is in fact a high low skirt hey this is 2010 calling and I was going
to ask for our high low skirts back but you know what we're good definitely giving fashion Easter
Vibes and if the character is not meant to be into fashion then why why and why especially because
this length of a skirt front and back you know somewhere around the knee with slits in the side
so that you have better movement would be just as serviceable and look less odd returning to the
leggings I know that ripped jeans are apparently back in style now but leggings with holes in
them are not an adequate substitute for trousers especially if you're going to try and attempt to
justify those high heels with but horse riding if you're not going to attempt to justify those heels
with but horse riding good luck because you're going to be clip-clopping around like Goblin
the pony anyway belly buttonhole corset with boob window arm and shoulder armor but with no shield
to protect the midsection just stab me now the male version of the character is also inexplicably
attired but at least he gets clothes and a weird armored corset thing with both versions of the
character the extremities are armored in a way that suggests that they should have a big shield
to protect their vital organs but they don't just stab me now for him too lots of extremities armor
and basically nothing protecting the vital organs except for this weird corset thing which if it's
made of metal is going to make it quite difficult for him to bend if had Shield would be better does
not so not better I mean it's still better than whatever this is but only because no high heels
and clothes that mean that you're not exposed to the elements if this is a one out of ten then
this maybe gets you a two time for another quote from Millennial Mage but I don't have
40 ounces gold I assumed not dear you haven't any shoes where they're going they don't need
shoes time to sprinkle on some Mass Effect I quite like both of these albeit for different reasons
and I'm going to assume that they have helmets and it's just a case of look we worked really hard on
these characters faces you are going to look at them darn it lady on the left I would say pretty
good very serviceable probably both wearable and protective but I'm marking it down because I'm not
a big fan of the color scheme and I also don't really know what's going on with that squishy
stuff like the stretchy thing at her midsection I'm not I'm not sure what's going on there but I
don't like it from what I can see of it it's not the most aesthetic thing and I have some questions
but it probably wouldn't get you killed lady on the right just a look I would probably prefer
slightly less separate Cup enboobening on that breastplate especially as it's tight enough that
I feel like you'd have to put your actual boobs in there though I am admittedly just less in boobin
than this lady apparently is so whatever but I have to tell you it's the combination of these
two pictures that I love because the lady on the right looks like the smoking hot glamor shot that
they use as the recruitment poster to get the lady on the left to sign up but once she signs
up she finds out that her armor is not in fact shiny and purple and she doesn't have time to
blow dry her hair and apply a smoky eye and nude lipstick every day. sad. I am a little concerned
that the purple outfit is so tight that this lady couldn't breathe but you know what still pretty
good to be fair there are examples of I would wear it armor in the Mass Effect universe and I think
it is a quirk of the design that a lot of them look like they're suctioned on if you're a video
game character you don't really need to breathe anyway but you know still at least there are a
wide range of options time for another quote from Millennial Mage the only universally healthful
produce from an Arcanous plant is the endingberry though Extreme Caution is advised as any damage
to the pit will cause either nullification of the beneficial effects or death Millennial Midge is a
slice of Life progression fantasy that follows tala a mage with a metric ton of student debt
and a plan it's also even when she's in Mortal Peril which is not infrequent the kind of cozy
adventure story that is best read with some hot chocolate or perhaps a cup of tea in a Biscuit a
UK biscuit not an American biscuit though I assume that Tala only eats the American kind of biscuits
but you can't have everything onward Casca from berserk now some of you might be thinking she's
got no leg armor on at all that's going to give her a lower rating but here's the thing I tried to
judge armor based on the efficiency and Aesthetics and practicality of it based on what it is that
was not very well explained let me try again if you have no kit and no armor and no nothing the
first piece of armor that you probably want is a helmet or maybe a shield but if we're talking
about things that go on your body helmet she's got a helmet okay great next most important thing to
protect is your torso where your vital organs live ideally all of them but particularly your
heart and lungs not how is she protecting her vital organs oh look she has a cuirass! nips in
at the waist flares out so she can bend marvelous after that the next piece of armor you might want
just depends hands arms shoulders maybe lower legs if most of your body is protected by a
shield there are lots of choices at this point is what I'm saying casca has gone for some extra
protection for the shoulders and upper arms not a bad plan but she clearly started by protecting the
most important things now is the fact that this is all of her armor a wet and endurance issue
or a heat issue or a cost issue or an efficiency issue I don't know but it doesn't really matter
she doesn't have an entire suit of armor but the stuff she does have prioritizes protecting the
most important bits also assuming that they're not secretly stilettos out of frame I really like her
boots I'd wear it there was another casca outfit sent to me by my Patron but unfortunately it was
fan art so I can't use it I don't know how well I succeed but I try to avoid using fan art but
let me tell you some more about Millennial Mage the world that JL Mullins has created is full of
magic and everything in it wants to kill people so it's a bit like magical Australia humans live in
cities which are protected by their own magic but even those wear out eventually though it does take
hundreds of years tala is a recently graduated student of the magic Academy with crippling debt
no comment and a plan to get that debt paid off quickly by skipping a few steps in her education
most notably the part where you're supposed to be apprenticed under a full Mage before
you become a full Mage yourself is that a good plan well you'll find out the novel follows her
if she drinks a lot of coffee and does a number of unorthodox things in pursuit of stable financial
status including getting her magical tattoos you'll have to read it to find out why from
a real character is she always like this oh yes she's quite brilliant and so most of her
conversations tend to be with herself it was originally published on Royal Road but now it's
art as a book book and an audiobook narrated by Tess Irondale so if you're into Magic dry humor
socially awkward 20-somethings making friends or a combination of the above you might links in the
pin comment and description and hopefully also at the end of the video which we are not near last up
we have Amiri from Pathfinder because I think we should end on an amusing note no because it's just
amazing right she seems to have deliberately set out to make her outfit simultaneously as
restrictive and encumbering and as unprotective as possible I mean Silas got so much going on that
I'm concerned about her endurance but at least she has her entire body covered whereas amiri's
thought process seems to be my most vulnerable spots should be showcased with as little fabric
as possible while all the parts of me that others might choose to armor more Lightly for better
mobility and speed I will cover with stuff so much stuff also fear my giant sword girly I worry for
your sanity but perhaps that is the point just if you'd like to read Millennial links are in the
description and the pinned comment and possibly also next to my face the pinned comment may also
contain something else you might enjoy too but I could not possibly elaborate see you next time