Having Some Difficulty With Tank Armor Design Contest

Hey all! I'm excited about the tank armor design contest but I've hit a brick wall.:o

After doing a bunch of research on plate armors, I keep trying to make my armor too realistic. I feel I am overlooking something about how to design gear for a video game.

Can anyone provide some tips on how to capture that Final Fantasy look? I appreciate any tips you can provide me.

simply make some aspects of you armor unrealistic in terms of function, ex large shoulder pads or super bulky armor. However any designs would work as long as you feel content with it as armors in fantasy games are only limited to the lore attached to it. Sorry I would help more but I too am competing in this contest and don't want to give too much away. Good Luck.

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Originally Posted by Marxam

simply make some aspects of you armor unrealistic in terms of function, ex large shoulder pads or super bulky armor. However any designs would work as long as you feel content with it as armors in fantasy games are only limited to the lore attached to it. Sorry I would help more but I too am competing in this contest and don't want to give too much away. Good Luck.

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Thank you for the tips! Good luck to you in the contest. I can't wait to see wait the fanbase comes up with. :)

Lots of unnecessary belts. If you think there are too many, then there aren't enough, quadruple the amount just to be safe.

You need to also think about, "Would I like to wear this?" Design the armour that YOU want to wear :). It's a chance to get your perfect tank glamour in the game.

I think there are some good tips in this thread all ready,but honestly just to add. Think design over function. It makes little sense in a Final Fantasy to give way to practicality. Look at some of the Garlean armors, for instance. Do they really need odd T-shaped helmets with strange horn protrusions? The answer is yes,because they look sweet. I'm not saying that adding in functionality is a bad thing,just certainly not the basis for this particular design contest I feel.

No skirts. Please.

I request you add an actual cape to the chest armor >_> not a butt cape...

as far as making it fantasy oriented, try picking a theme such as an element, animal, or something obscure to emulate. From there you might find some interesting designs. An example would be trying to make an armor that looks like its made of bones.

I'm a fan of leather armor personally.

http://howtolarp.com/wp-content/uplo...her-armour.jpg
Badass enough to bring into a dungeon, and still cool enough to casually walk into a tavern with, without looking like some super hero.

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Originally Posted by Vivi_Bushido

I'm a fan of leather armor personally.

http://howtolarp.com/wp-content/uplo...her-armour.jpg
Badass enough to bring into a dungeon, and still cool enough to casually walk into a tavern with, without looking like some super hero.

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I would love that on my Ninja o.o

Copy the High Allagan tank coat, change a few things, enjoy winning.

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Originally Posted by Kacho_Nacho

I can't wait to see wait the fanbase comes up with. :)

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Sadly, I have this huge feeling some of the top ones / the winner will end up being a metal bikini or some crap :/ knowing the playerbase, I don't doubt it. Sort of like how the hairstyle contest only had the super professional drawings as winners, compared to the less skilled but still good that were more unique and nice looking.

I'm going with something really bulky myself. You can submit multiple entries, which is what I'm going to do, so just make a few designs that fit your personal tastes.

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Originally Posted by Obysuca

Sadly, I have this huge feeling some of the top ones / the winner will end up being a metal bikini or some crap :/ knowing the playerbase, I don't doubt it. Sort of like how the hairstyle contest only had the super professional drawings as winners, compared to the less skilled but still good that were more unique and nice looking.

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That's both of my worries too. Like, basically the entries for a tank, dps, and mage contest either ending up like some fetish stuff or bikini tops :\ which.. isn't.. the worse I guess, but we've already got plenty of stuff like that in just general patches and holidays. I'm not the best at art either, so I'd worry stuff would be picked out of what looks the hottest or just well drawn

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Originally Posted by Samcaesar

I'm not the best at art either, so I'd worry stuff would be picked out of what looks the hottest or just well drawn

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Same :/ I'm not the worst, but I know with my skills(signature), I wouldn't even be in the runner ups. Plus I suck at coloring armor or just armor in general lol

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Originally Posted by Obysuca

Sadly, I have this huge feeling some of the top ones / the winner will end up being a metal bikini or some crap :/ knowing the playerbase, I don't doubt it. Sort of like how the hairstyle contest only had the super professional drawings as winners, compared to the less skilled but still good that were more unique and nice looking.

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Originally Posted by Samcaesar

I'm going with something really bulky myself. You can submit multiple entries, which is what I'm going to do, so just make a few designs that fit your personal tastes.



That's both of my worries too. Like, basically the entries for a tank, dps, and mage contest either ending up like some fetish stuff or bikini tops :\ which.. isn't.. the worse I guess, but we've already got plenty of stuff like that in just general patches and holidays. I'm not the best at art either, so I'd worry stuff would be picked out of what looks the hottest or just well drawn

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Bikini glamours do have a tendency to gain fast popularity. Though from what I know about the majority of the players that play this game; most people just don't want something that feels tin can-ish.

Remember it's a fantasy game, so something over the top; and non-realistic will probably get you the most attention.

Some over the top/non realistic things you shouldn't do is something like this:

http://www.finalfantasy.net/wp-conte...vP_Paladin.png

Or rather, the set looks good for the most part; but honestly; how often do you actually see tanks wear this? Those're questions you should be asking yourself. Go around town and take note of what people are glamouring their tanks to. And don't worry about the players that happen to glamour their gear to bikinis, because those're the people that usually glamour everything to a bikini regardless of how nice it looks.

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Originally Posted by Vivi_Bushido

Go around town and take note of what people are glamouring their tanks to.

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Maid outfits, the pig costume, santa, snow's coat... lol

And to be fair, maybe more people would glamour that if it wasn't locked behind doing pvp, because if you're not the right GC, you'll have an hour+ wait.

Until we can successfully genocide female lalas out the game (why do you washboards exist?!) there will be no bikini armors . It'll just be another part dress, part chestplate design that generates as much sexual tension as an extremely slow horseback ride. Dismiss the idea of metalic boobie jiggling altogether.

Some tabard plates minus the low collar would be fantastic. The Valarian Dragoon mail is a god send for me when I dps.

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Originally Posted by Obysuca

Maid outfits, the pig costume, santa, snow's coat... lol

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Guess that just reiterates that people don't want tin can glamours lol. . .

One thing you could do is add a glow effect onto the armor.

For instance you can have an armor that is more lightweight and less tin-can in design, but thematically it gets its defense because it projects this cool looking runic barrier around the various parts of the character when in combat to blunt the swing of the enemy.

This would involve doubling the drawing to include a out/in combat state but it would raise it up on a "want to glamour that" list. Some people just like to see things glow in cool ways. Its why many weapon glamours involve weapons that glow, and why those glamours are expensive in the first place.

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Originally Posted by Gabrielleblanc

Some tabard plates minus the low collar would be fantastic. The Valarian Dragoon mail is a god send for me when I dps.

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I really wanted something like this as my entry but I didn't want it to come close to plagiarism :p.
http://www.gosugamers.net/files/imag...ay/860-520.jpg

The Crusader from D3 has such awesome PLD armour ^^.

Please don't copy this, but seriously, this is beautiful armor that still maintains it's function as defensive gear. I'm not sure how to make a masculine version, but I LOVE this.

http://www.3ders.org/articles/201602...oto-shoot.html

Just an idea as something I'd like to wear as a female that's feminine but not "Chainmail Bikini."

Here's another one (again, please don't rip this off, just an example to get your creative juices flowing)

http://azmal.deviantart.com/art/Elven-Cuirass-537700972

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Originally Posted by Chiramu

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This is literally what I had in mind, things like this. xD

Eh, I'm kinda sad that even with these suggestions as big, bulky tank armor still doesn't seem favorable. "Tin can" armor like the wolfram cuirass and heavy allagan armor is my preferred sort of armor anyways and I really wish we'd get stuff that was available all class in that sorta vein for glamour purposes. The game already has a million "Here's some cloth or "metal" armor that hugs your character's model with some bulky pauldrons and random metal bits on it"but I guess I should already expect the top 5 to be the same sorta stuff or worse :\

Thanks for the tips everyone! I promise I will not rip anyone off, MaeIsMean. :)

Personally, I am leaning toward a true tanky armor and not some chainmail bikini-ish armor. Anyways, good luck to all the contest participants! I can't wait to see what we all come up with! Please let Square Enix show them all!

I had a mind to enter, perhaps i still will. However i have no talent for art and my time schedule leaves me very busy for the next few weeks, even so it can't hurt to also throw in some weapon designs with the armor for all Tanks to complement the set. What follows are just a few ideas i have as to what i would like to see in game.

I have always loved the knightly look when it comes to armor, and the idea of cloth/ robe over plate is a favorite of mine.
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/...20140222075737

As is the armored coat.
http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5...hb5o1_1280.jpg

For the sake of diversity i would like to see more savage looking armor sets, even if it means some that would show more skin for both genders.(sans ridiculous pauldrons... )
http://www.diabloii.net/wp-content/u...f-raekor01.jpg

http://66.media.tumblr.com/69ec87c5e...sh3o4_1280.jpg
Good luck to all who enter.

^ My taste of tank's armor is 3rd and 4th, but I think it's only suit well on WAR.

A lot of those pictures scream non-tank to me.

I would love to see something inspired by Faust/Hummelfaust made into tank armor, I'd submit one myself but I am the kind of a person who can make stick figures look bad.

I think my Idea at least should be an interesting turn on tank armor if not the best execution here's hoping SE gets the general idea and runs with it despite my abysmal drawing skills...

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Originally Posted by Kacho_Nacho

Can anyone provide some tips on how to capture that Final Fantasy look? I appreciate any tips you can provide me.

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Give it a belly window