Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-30615368-20170220001215/@comment-26078371-20170221001444

High King Ithilion wrote: Thanks, Spoangity. It's great to see the Mod Team is focusing on making the new textures more friendly with Tolkien's lore. I have indeed noticed that (especially with the Fiefdoms) the armor has shifted to the chain of the time period. I encourage you guys to keep up the good work ;)

I will say that vambraces and greaves are both mentioned at times, so these external pieces appear have developed for the elite soldiers. However, cuirasses are certainly not seen at any point in time, and as you say it is likely that, even if Aule had discovered it, he never shared it with others.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lome) 23:53, February 20, 2017 (UTC) Though vambraces and greaves are hardly representative of plate armour anymore than a steel helmet would be.