Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-26149161-20150731144946/@comment-27723099-20150801193539

Comparing the LOTR movies with the Hobbit movies, I'd think they are from different directors if I didn't know it better. While LOTR always has reasonable and realistic armours, The Hobbit always has ultra high detailed masterly crafted armours that would be good enough for Manwe himself. While in LOTR many armies have no unified armour style, in The Hobbit one army uses the same armour style over and over again, even orcs! In the end it was probably only a budget decision.