Redguard Heavy – Chest – Iron

Female, Front	Female, Side	Male, Front

General Information

This information only applies after 1.6!

The first rank of Redguard heavy armor is simplistic and a bit lacking in actual protective quality; this looks like the sort of armor a squire or trainee might wear, not something any warrior would want to take into battle. Still, the metal quality is nice, and what little there is of it seems practical enough, though the design makes the dye scheme hideously unbalanced and difficult to work with.

What are the components?
Redguard heavy iron armor consists of a top which covers the chest, throat, and a tiny bit of the way down the torso; this plate is made up of several layers riveted together and beveled. There are chainmail sleeves which hit mid-bicep, and metal hip-pauldrons – for protecting the hip? Don’t ask why the abdomen full of soft, squishy innards is covered by nothing more than a layer of stitched leather. Perhaps Redguard training gives them abs of steel, such that armor would be redundant?

Considerations when dyeing
All components of this armor dye correctly, though do bear in mind that the tertiary dye – the leather – is rather large and unvarying, so it can be difficult to find nice color schemes that balance.

What dyes where?
The primary dye colors the majority of the metal plate; the secondary dye colors the beveled edges and rivets of the plate. The tertiary dye colors the

Primary Dye: Noxophilic Black Secondary Dye: Lamae’s White Tertiary Dye: Brewer’s Ale Brown	Primary Dye: Dominion Yellow Secondary Dye: Hunding Gold Tertiary Dye: Ayleid Gold	Primary Dye: Ironweed Violet Secondary Dye: Dibella’s Blush Tertiary Dye: Faded Dwemer Scholar Red