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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 3824310" data-attributes="member: 2205">A few things.1) Comic books have become much more sophisticated and mature than when we were kids.&nbsp; I mean, I'm not a comic book guy, but I check out the latest graphic novels from time to time.&nbsp; Don't sell them short.2) D&amp;D was never really based on comic books so much as it was on pulp fantasy of the 30s and later &quot;trash&quot; fantasy novels of the 60s and 70s that often outright aped the pulps.&nbsp; Not comic books, but hardly more realistic.3) Even Lars Grant West's illustrations don't look like either comic books or classic pulp illustrations (or anime, so let's nip that in the bud too.)&nbsp; It reminds me more of b-movie fantasy movies of the 80s on up through the Lord of the Rings movies.&nbsp; Which don't look too much like any &quot;real&quot; culture's armor, but it's absurd to say that they couldn't be functional, because they actually made that armor and actors and stuntmen actually wore it.4) Dendra armor and Milanese armor are not very similar.&nbsp; What a bizarre claim to make!&nbsp; Nor do other forms of plate armor necessarily resemble either.&nbsp; That milanese suit is specifically designed for a mounted soldier fighting with a couched lance against another opponent of the same variety.&nbsp; The D&amp;D fighter is more likely to be on foot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 3824310, member: 2205"] A few things. 1) Comic books have become much more sophisticated and mature than when we were kids. I mean, I'm not a comic book guy, but I check out the latest graphic novels from time to time. Don't sell them short. 2) D&D was never really based on comic books so much as it was on pulp fantasy of the 30s and later "trash" fantasy novels of the 60s and 70s that often outright aped the pulps. Not comic books, but hardly more realistic. 3) Even Lars Grant West's illustrations don't look like either comic books or classic pulp illustrations (or anime, so let's nip that in the bud too.) It reminds me more of b-movie fantasy movies of the 80s on up through the Lord of the Rings movies. Which don't look too much like any "real" culture's armor, but it's absurd to say that they couldn't be functional, because they actually made that armor and actors and stuntmen actually wore it. 4) Dendra armor and Milanese armor are not very similar. What a bizarre claim to make! Nor do other forms of plate armor necessarily resemble either. That milanese suit is specifically designed for a mounted soldier fighting with a couched lance against another opponent of the same variety. The D&D fighter is more likely to be on foot. [/QUOTE]

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