The future of Armour

Oh boy, been a long time since I had drawn anything. The artistry is far below other stuff that has been posted in this thread, but here goes, a concept of an Elonian Ranger:



The ideas around it are:
a) the bedouin-like face cover and bandage wraps
b) baggy clothes, especially the ultra-low-bottom-disney's-alladin-like pants, but held tight at key spots (stomach - for breath control while shooting, lower calves - so he won't trip on the loose ends :P)
c) asymetrical clothes/armor, as with most ranger armor in GW
d) the multi-layered pointy thingies (at right thigh and knee, left shoulder and forearm) supposed to be made of leather, for protection and style.
e) lots of stuff hanging by strings crisscrossing his chest (arrow quiver, and canteens - he's gonna need water out on the desert!)
f) symbols of devotion to the sun
g) a crappy dune lizard as a pet, added as an afterthought, too lazy to make it detailed

I might color it later, but don't hold your collective breath

Hello 4th guildwars could be Norse with new prof "Barbarian"



here are some ideas i'll be back with a new prof idea l8r

watch this space

OK, here's one I just made. It's the "Priestess of the Cycle" Dervish outfit.



The rationale behind it:
a) First thing I thought; if we're going to have a woman whirling and dancing around all the time, with a pole (well, polearm) in her hands, it might as well be a scantily-clad woman
b) Prayer strips: There are strips of cloth with prayer inscriptions all over the outfit. Those always come in pairs (around her head, crossing her chest, in the wrists and ankles, along the edges of the cape). The idea is each of these pairs brings a prayer of life and a prayer of death, and the "priest of the cycle" dervish is the one who's supposed to be reading them at the moment of birth and death of people in the community. (spiffy, eh?) The duality is also shown in the fact that she carries the death's scythe in one hand and the ankh focus of life in the other (spiffy, I told ya) :P
c) While much of her skin is exposed, her back is mostly covered by a "cape", which looks kinda like a flying squirrel's gliding membrane, on her back (as it's tied to the wrists), and like the back half of a skirt, below the waist. Those are there for practical reasons (so she won't get totally sunburnt in the desert), and for effect while doing the whilring dance, as they increase the sensation of movement during rotation (same with the loose strips on her wrists and ankles)
d) In keeping with a sort-of-egyptian feel, the scythe is the head of an ibis. Her top, bottom and hood are striped in white and blue (blue part would be dyable by the player), similar to what you'd find on a pharaoh's burial mask.
e) She's barefooted. While at first it might seem unpleasant to be like that in the scorching desert sand, dervishes are trained to walk on hot embers, so strolling on a little warm sand is a cakewalk (no pun intended)
f) in-game effect could be +energy, as with the skimpier clothes for necro, monk and warrior in gw: prophecies.

Excellent work, and i love how you've brought so much background to your ideas, you've really put in an effort
Congratulations to everybody, as you all know this thread has just been featured on the main page, thanks to the contributions from all of you, keep up the good work and, dare i say it? We might even get it made into a sticky O.o
Oh noes i've said too much! To the basement!

those armors are cool, wish i had that in real life when my neighbors are asking to borrow my stuff ( + + + )

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This beed me pirate. It beednt inspired by yon crappy movie in the theatres, for I think jonny depp is a tart. This beed a real pirate, the Tai-Pan of guildwars!
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to ye me paint-produced pirate. yarr.

That looks like something from a RPG from the days before 3D Accelerators

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