Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-27977871-20160410220841/@comment-26236093-20160411160909

"His scarlet robes were tattered, his corslet of of overlapping brazen plates was rent and hewn and his black plaits of hair braided with gold were drenched with blood."

- Of herbs and stewed rabbit, The Two Towers

The quote above is the exact description as given by Tokien, and in this instance Near Harad Armour appears to match this quite perfectly. In my opinion, there is therefore no real need to change the armour whatsoever.