http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6...0519093356.jpg

http://imageshack.us/m/198/103/ffxiv...0519093343.jpg

I want to be able to make my Chocobo look something similar to this at some point in the future.

This is the customization route I was talking about when I said you can have a world where everyone's Chocobo can be unique in their own way and geared up for a variety of things similar to a retainer.

That is only IF we are able to obtain our own private Chocobos at some point. But armored Chocobos would be a nice little feature to flesh out a player and their birds' personality.