Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26149161-20160321154543/@comment-26444332-20160330053540

While we're on the subject of mail armor and the canon of it...

''I don't like how this "it's more lore-accurate" lie is being spread. There is absolutely no description of Wood-elven arms and armor in the Hobbit, other than that they "glowed with chill flame, so deadly was the wrath of the hands that held them." They might have gone into battle nude for all we know. A more plausible representation of their armor would probably have been an ornate green-and-brown leather lorica plumata or lorica squamata, with a metal helm, greaves, and bracers. They wouldn't have used fine steel or even had full sets of mail; it's specifically stated that they weren't the best metalworkers and they did not mine much, if at all. The Wood-elves simply would not have the production power necessary to make such an armor.'' - Me, on Wood-elven armor.