Bargain Bin Harley Quinn (& Other Armour Reviews)

[@JillBearup]

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[@danjohnston9037]

And a Happy Thanksgiving to you !

[@CaptianDerp69]

If you're interested in music video armor, there's a decent battle scene in Racked by Tommy Cash it has lots of people in armor

[@khathaway414]

Thank you Jill.

[@exploatores]

you can get small cuts from crabs. it´s not like it will turn your evning snack in to a bloody mess. but salt water will make you feel it. I don´t know any shell fish that would make a material for armour.

[@tarak23528]

Would it be possible to make the button pins available individually? Or in a pack of 5 where there are 5 different designs? I love pins, but I don't know what I would do with 5 of the same pin

[@violetskies14]

Yeah that's not lobster shell that's a meat suit. It's made of meat. She's not really supposed to be in armour. She's an insane descendant of the murder god Bhaal and she spends the game doing increasingly more unhinged stuff until you have a fight to the death. I'd argue with you calling us incredibly thirsty but I can't because it's true lmao.

[@seanheath4492]

In-game description for the... thing Orin is wearing (called Mutilated Carapace, counts as clothing in-game though it does provide a small boost to armor): "Hard, fleshy leather has been derived from a countless slew of victims to form this armour for Bhaal's fetid chosen." Also, go look up the BG3 Narrator's outtakes. She calls out 1) how easy it is to start a romance with some characters, and 2) Astarion fans specifically (among other things).

[@JillBearup]

​@@seanheath4492 They literally called it carapace? Like: the shell of a crustacean? And she wonders why people call her Lobster Lady behind her back :D

[@fizzysod8a]

@@JillBearup i think maybe they just mean carapace stylistically, because there are parts of her “armor” that are recognizably tiefling skin. Like the ridges over her upper chest, tieflings have ridges just like that. So I think it’s leather from humans/humanoids

[@annejeppesen160]

I see Lady Gaga’s meat dress, but watching on a small screen 🤔

[@CreativeUsernameEh]

It’s classified as clothing, literally, end of story.

[@sometimessunday6171]

He Man is wearing the boots with the fur (fur) which give a massive debuff on stealth when in the club, usually causing everyone therein to look at him.

[@kyleeverly9243]

👏 👏

[@gabrielrussell5531]

The description of Orin's armor might shed some light: "Hard, fleshy leather has been derived from a countless slew of victims to form this armour for Bhaal's fetid chosen." So she's wearing dyed people-leather.

[@Madameshaymin]

Orin being in "Just Stab me Now" is very in character for her

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

she'd love that 😂

[@timemert4165]

100% on brand

[@EriktheRed2023]

Man-at-Arms (Duncan) is guarded not merely by less impractical armour than most He-Man heroes, but also by his magnificent moustache. And a willingness to charge into volleys of laserfire with a mace for a weapon. When the proverbial hits the fan, all those gadgets take second place to the good ol' beatstick.

[@JillBearup]

Moustache gets you +1 to your AC. +2 if it's particularly impressive.

[@DrownedInExile]

He also has wrist-mounted blasters in the intro, but I don't think he ever uses them in the show. Mace & moustache = epic gear!

[@artor9175]

Idris Elba is cast as Duncan in the upcoming He-Man movie. His 'stache should be MAGNIFICENT!

[@SkylerLinux]

Big shock that the Man-at-Arms actually knows what armour is, and puts an effort into actually wearing armour.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

​@@JillBearup>>> As a man who has worn a mustache most of his adult life, Thank You...😉

[@swampert564]

Skeletor is just actually blue. I always found it really fun that the evil sorcerer overlord has to fight a man who turns into the Hulk and despite having magic decides that he should also engage him hand to hand. Skeletor is the man.

[@Billchu13]

I ship it!

[@swampert564]

@Billchu13 A couple of beefcakes in fetish armor with a charmingly low impact antagonism towards each other? Yeah that's fair.

[@entropy11]

muscle sorcerer is absolutely a vibe and I'm feelin it.

[@swampert564]

@@entropy11 There's a fun anecdote about when they were first devoloping She-Ra. Apparently none of the people at Mattel expected He-Man to be popular with little girls as well as little boys and were absolutely shocked that it was. Despite Adam being both gentle and nice and wearing a pink and purple outfit, being able to turn into an even more muscly dude in a fur diaper and having a giant cat for a best friend. Seems like a bit of a blindspot to me.

[@grommile]

@@swampert564 A friend of mine advances the position that He-Man is, in fact, a Magical Girl. He has an animal mascot, a transformation phrase, and a transformation artifact, and people in-universe are somehow strangely incapable of connecting his identities.

[@minski76]

6:56 "Whose name and job I've forgotten." His name is Man-at-Arms. He's a man-at-arms. It's quite easy to remember, really... ;)

[@JillBearup]

I wonder if he has an actual name (canonically speaking), but it's just that even the other characters have forgotten it :D

[@Nicomancer001]

@@JillBearup I'm just gonna call him Bob

[@swampert564]

His actual name is Duncan.​@@JillBearup

[@Felitaur]

@@JillBearup Duncan is his actual name. And he gets called by it sometimes.

[@minski76]

@@JillBearup His name is Duncan in some of the TV shows, but it's nowhere to be found on the action figure's packaging and I can't remember anyone ever actually calling him that.

[@a.j.venter16]

Orin isn't wearing "lobster shell" it's strips of raw human flesh, vaguely inspired by Lady Gaga's meat dress -but made more gore. It's "Not actually armor". And there is cutscene dialog in the game (at the start of Act 3) which confirms this.

[@GuitarGuy057]

Where in the item description did you get "raw"?

[@a.j.venter16]

​@@GuitarGuy057 cooked meat is not that color

[@swancrunch]

@@GuitarGuy057 from the look of it i guess

[@mehmyhem3120]

I'm patiently waiting for Dame Aylin's armor review for BG3. imo, it's really cool armor (plus it has a helmet)

[@CreativeExcusesGaming]

One could even call it “resplendent”

[@taylankammer]

My absolute favorite character from BG3. She's such a freaking Chadette.

[@Hrafnskald]

She has a great presence and character, love the divine motif. I would be interested to hear Jil's take of the armor and wings.

[@WalterWild-uu1td]

Someone has to send Jill a clip of when she changes from Nightsong to Dame Aylin. Awesome moment in a game vid.

[@TWX1138]

So the He-Man and Masters of the Universe franchise started out by making toys on the cheap, using toy molds from retired products and modifying them. Think of it as mods of normal toys to make "space punk". Anyway, by taking existing molds and making the Masters of the Universe toys they were constrained by what they didn't want to change or couldn't afford to change. This includes basically taking a page out of comic books and changing the color of what would have originally been bare body parts. So muscular legs go from flesh-tone to green or blue or purple, or animals go from beige or brown to green and orange. This of course then translated into how the characters are represented in other media. Filmation as a production company was infamous for their lack of detail, which worked well enough given the way the toys were designed. It didn't work quite so well when they made the 1989 Dolph Lundgren/Courtney Cox/Robert Duncan McNeill movie.

[@cyan3284]

Having worn the pauldrons Post Malone is wearing as larp armour for a while. Yeah the real problem is the articulation and how they sit if you use the collar method they are solved with. Pointing them onto a gambeson actually made them pretty good tbh

[@krakenpots5693]

Am I mistaken, or is that the "Epic armoury gothic armor" set?

[@bowlhalfempty]

2:02 orin's armor is flayed skin, not lobster. There is also a dye system in game and her set will change colors based on dye. So it could have been dyed red

[@tnexus13]

I'm thinking devil symbiote possibly too.

[@etcetera1995]

It's literally called a carapace.

[@Neutral_Tired]

The monkey king was already immortal and supremely powerful when his armour was made and then proceeded to gain 7 additional forms of immortality. It"s funny that the guy who needs it least has the best armour in the video

[@bookwyrm3172]

Yeah the worst thing that can happen to Sun Wukong in JTTW is that Tripitaka dies and the Buddha sticks him back under a mountain for a few centuries. It’s good army, but it’s mostly just for fun

[@MartyMango0]

Came here to say exactly this! How is the guy who can't actually die the best armored character?!

[@sophialaird6388]

@@MartyMango0probably for the same reason he calls himself “great sage equal to heaven” in the original mythology.

[@Philistine47]

Orin the Red's outfit is not only Not Actually Armor, it's not even actually clothing - she's a shapeshifter, and that's just her skin.

[@JillBearup]

Isn't her skin that...blue swirly stuff? And if it's all her skin, why does some of her skin look like underpants? Why does only the looks-like-chitin-or-lobster-shell stuff have metal bits in it? Why is some of it pointy? I have so many questions for the designers of this character, honestly.

[@Laurastar2009]

I think it is clothing, because I'm sure when you defeat her you can loot her for it and wear it yourself. But as you said, she's a shapeshifter so she doesn't need armour, especially when she's got her slayer form.

[@IamGrimalkin]

@@Laurastar2009 To be fair, in real life you can loot a cow for its skin and wear it yourself, it's called leather.

[@7OwlsWithALaptop]

I think it is her skin in that is belongs to her now lol. Im pretty sure its made out of flayed human skin. Seems a very Orym thing to do.

[@Philistine47]

@@JillBearup The blue swirly stuff is _also_ her skin; but when she changes shape - and she does so in front of the player character, multiple times - her red "outfit" changes into the appropriate clothing for whomever she's impersonating. As to the whys of it all... I have no answers.

[@sentineluk7]

From what I remember of He-Man, the chest harness he wears (and the sword) are supposed to be some kind of power limiter to allow him to focus the ridiculous amount of power and strength he's supposed to have into something useful (think there was a story where he took it off and was moving PLANETS by hand). He-Man does not need metal armour, he has Plot Amour, the best kind of armour!.

[@kiensukute]

One of the newer He-Man cartoons gives us a bit of Skeletor's backstory where he is a long haired evil mustached blue skinned man and his yellow skull is because he gets magic acid splashed on his face.

[@Jamoni1]

Was he always called Skeletor? Because, wow, what a coincidence!

[@kiensukute]

@Jamoni1 I got curious and looked it up. His name in that version is Keldor.

[@katherineberger6329]

@@kiensukute And he's also He-Man's uncle.

[@AndyZach]

@@katherineberger6329 Shades of Hamlet!

[@JustGrowingUp84]

In the 2002 cartoon series. Very fun, although they tended to be excessively twirly with their weapons. I guess because they couldn't use them to their full potential (due to either budget constraints, or in order to avoid censorship), so the animators just gave them something to do. Personally I'm quite upset that it was cancelled, as I quite enjoyed it. Oh well.

[@danoconnell1833]

Not gonna lie (and you can believe me, because I said that) I have no actual connection to any of these characters but I love watching these armour reviews. I just love Jill's gentle but decidedly opinionated takedown of silly costumes. So well thought out, and really funny to boot.

[@Mr.Brothybear]

Yes Me too

[@harrymoto6951]

Agreed. When she said "She's wearing.... a Lobster?" that cracked me up!!

[@WillJohnson321]

Agreed

[@Tovath]

I agree

[@timidwolf]

Skeletor does indeed have blue skin, there are some portrayals of him from when he still had flesh above the neck and his face was also blue.

[@PatGunn]

It's so weird that this show has so little protection for people of either gender, with both He-Man and Keldar being almost naked.

[@grommile]

​@@PatGunn it's like how magical girls can survive being thrown into walls by the monster of the week.

[@voicetest6019]

Orin getting "Just stab me now" is right up her alley. And she has a surprise more murder-y form. As for Laezel's armor from the last one, it is "half" plate. They never stated what half.

[@mitchmcnair4222]

I always interpreted Orin as being sort of half flayed and completely naked, but that does look somewhat like armor on closer inspection. Which is honestly even weirder.

[@mitchmcnair4222]

For further clarification, she is a Shapeshifter so I always interpreted that as her Shapeshifting flayed since she worships the god of murder. However, there are little spikes and things that make that less likely (though still possible maybe)

[@probablythedm1669]

​@@mitchmcnair4222 Apparently, it's flayed human skin cured into leather. All to impress her great grandfather Bhaal, the god of Murder. The thirst for Orin the Red is yet more proof that *the Baldur's Gate 3 fandom is incredibly parched!* 😅 TL;DR: Not actually armor. 🤓

[@ElSendler]

@@probablythedm1669 yeah, I would also go with "not actually armor" ... more like weird fetish outfit 😅

[@edd17sp74]

2:56 I honestly thought Chappell Roan was a brand of perfume until I heard Hot To Go, at which point I said *out Loud*, “Wait, THIS is what Chappell Roan is?!”

[@B2WM]

First one I heard was "Good Luck, Babe," but only seeing the name related to it, I kept waiting for the "I'm Rick James, Babe!"

[@leonardrodriguez1501]

She's being sponsored by one of my favorite authors. Cool 😁

[@susannekalejaiye4351]

I am pleased and sorry to tell you that granddaughter #1 is reading Just Stab me Now and enjoying it, however, she borrowed my copy.

[@leftcoaster67]

I never figured out He-Man. I swear it was Filmation just throwing stuff at a wall and see what stuck. Because they clearly use futuristic technology. But they also have magic. They have beam weapons, but still use swords, maces and other weaponry. It was like they crossed Flash Gordon with Dungeons & Dragons.

[@rmsgrey]

It's simple - He-Man has cool toys for pre-teen boys.

[@matthewevans107]

It’s based on the toy line. He-Man is futuristic Conan the Barbarian

[@ericepperson8409]

It's a cartoon from the 80's. Pretty much there is a toy line and the best way to market and sell them was to make a low effort cartoon to run on Saturday mornings and afternoon syndication. I think the first one I ever knew to actually make some coherent sense was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - but that one actually started off as a Comic Book.

[@katherineberger6329]

A big chunk of the weird He-Man animation character designs was to see if they could entice Mattel into making action figures that they could collect royalties on. This did occasionally work (Tri-Clops originated in the animation and was made into one of the more popular action figures of the toy line) - but also Mattel had their own extremely weird character designs too.

[@weswolever7477]

My favorite was,is and always will be Thundarr the Barbarian another sword, sorcery and science cartoon.

[@johnofthenorth6653]

I had to back out to thumbs up at the "you need Jesus" line. Loving these being back and the drawing on the tablet format change.

[@Brievel]

I too loved that line.

[@jaelwyn]

But what are we going to do with him?

[@thetux459]

Still requesting Goblin Slayer's armor from Goblin Slayer. The man never takes off his helmet and broke the decorative horns off said helmet for being impractical

[@Wolf-yt5de]

I never really thought about it, or cared, but it looks like Man At Arms armor is very similar to modern chest armor, which stops at the waste so the wearer, cop or soldier can sit in a vehicle. but it covers the heart and lungs. Since they do have guns, of a sort, in He Man that sort of makes sense.

[@АнтонОрлов-я1ъ]

3:30 Those "dragon-wing pauldron type things" look like Italian 'angel-wing' type pauldrons (yeah, your name for them was pretty close :) ), which were actually used with some Italian plate armor. I am not sure how common they were, but there are some surviving examples.

[@itsyaboiroman3345]

Please review Ketheric Thorm and Dame Aylin’s armours from BG3 they’re both SO COOL

[@Zraknul]

Dame Aylin actually gets a helmet.

[@jonas.groschwitz]

To be fair, Orin is actually insane, so wearing armor that is actually insane is very much in character

[@ryttyr14]

Sun Wukong (at least in the original story) doesn't technically need a helmet since he is immortal seven times over and also has a high enough pain tolerance that being boiled alive bores him.

[@Daughter-of-Adam-and-Eve]

I know you have mentioned Susan Pevensie from Narnia, before but I dont remember any mention of Peter or Edmund. Could you review the armour worn by Peter, Prince Caspian and King Miraz in the Prince Caspian movie, please? Im genuinely curious whether or not it's actually good or secretly haphazard.

[@ViperLord21]

From memory, Peter's is pretty good but they made a common mistake where they took the look of effigy armor too literally and have plates on the shoulders but not protecting the chest (the guys in the effigies would have had plate there too if they had it at all, it's just covered by their surcoats).

[@jonathancampbell5231]

Skeletor was originally conceived as a skull-headed demon from another dimension. Before the show was cancelled, though, they were planning to make him Keldor, the half-brother of King Randor (just two different humanoid species) who lost his face in a failed attempt to seize power for himself and was presumed missing or dead by the rest of his family. This makes him Prince Adam's evil uncle, though Skeletor will never admit it (or sometimes never even remember it), and He-Man doesn't usually know it, but this Keldor backstory is now canon for most other versions of the story like modern comics and cartoons. Another constant is that he's the renegade ex-servant of Hordak, who actually has very goid armour.

[@altejoh]

Huh, so that's why the pilot of the 2000s He-man is like that!

[@jonathancampbell5231]

​@@altejohYep.

[@kramermariav]

Wait, his name is little "Rando"?

[@kevinnorwood8782]

From what I understand Sun Wukong’s armor in Black Myth Wukong is copied literally detail for detail from the original Journey To The West story. The one piece that is missing from the image you looked at, Jill, was his crown, which is also included in-game. Sun Wukong is described as wearing a crown adorned with a pair of tail feathers from a Chinese Phoenix.

[@franksands2]

Thank you so much for reviewing He-Man. I didn't know I needed this. Love armor reviews

[@RJ_Ehlert]

I just now realized that HeMan and Skeletor have matching/nemesis armor.

[@garysmith9823]

I am truly thankful for a new armor rating video.

[@konijnization]

I though Orin's "armor" was clothes made from the inside out skin of her victims. A literal skin suit lol

[@violetskies14]

Oooh since you did He-Man you should do the modern She-Ra! One of my favourite cartoons.

[@swampert564]

@@violetskies14 Agreed. That show is awesome.

[@taylor_green_9]

Yes! My favourite show ever 💚

[@Marveryn]

yes but does anyone their actually wear body armor? I think Like heman most are just clothes.

[@rmsgrey]

@@Marveryn Bow has one pauldron. She Ra has a winged tiara, two pauldrons, and a brace of vambraces. Oh, and Scorpia has a chitinous exoskeleton in places, though that's part of her rather than separate armour...

[@ClaudiaDavZam]

Hordak also has some sort of armor/exoskeleton

[@dragonchild7816]

I'm happy the armour reviews are back (and I finally got to read Just Stab me now and it's fantastic, I am recommending it to all my friends)! I want to request some armour that will never be relevant, but is very fun in my opinion, from a game called Dragalia Lost! The main character is just called "the Prince," one of the most popular adventurers (and probably most roast-able armours) is Mym, but a personal favourite is Harle, if you ever take a look at them!

[@khathaway414]

YES! More armor being judged. Thank you Jill.

[@WillJohnson321]

Loved your video! Your humor is always enjoyable and I love your insight into practicality and knowledge on real world armor.

[@jonmiller9534]

For He-Man you have to look at the movie 1987 with Dolph Lundgren. It is a continuation of the cartoon. Also have you looked at the armor from the movie "The Lost King" the movie about finding Richard the 3rd's grave.

[@classicslover]

My! What a lovely collection of BunngHugs you have Jill!

[@lynngreen7978]

Skeletor is blue. Teela's bracers have pop up stun beams, so definitely metal. Which brings another point. Despite all the melee weapons, the show was forbidden from having anyone ever use one to cause physical injury. So everyone having some form of ranged energy attack, and protection against that is more important than armor against swords, maces, staves, etc.

[@lebverderben]

I currently have the Post Malone suit in my garage. A friend bought it, and it fits him like a circus tent. I really need to get back to resizing it for him

[@jpendowski7503]

Love your Just Stab Me Now rating of these absurd, but visually striking, bits of clothing.

[@LaBambaMan]

So glad to see this series back in earnest! Always a blast watching your breakdowns. Would love to see you tackle some of the armor designs from the Mutant Chronicles world of RPGs and miniatures games. Lots of interesting stuff there.

[@DevsStoryForge]

This was quite enjoyable to watch, especially the first one you rated.

[@michaelsnyder3871]

Full plate armor has to be fitted to the individual that will wear it. There were mass-production sets, but they did not provide the full protection of a suit because the plates that needed to be fitted close to the body and required expensive plates that slid over each other, connected by rivets sliding within slots in the plate, were discarded, which is what the armor in the video looks like. Such mass-produced armor from Germany and Italy required some shaping and some padding to wear comfortably. There is an actual name for such armor but I can't remember at the moment.

[@davidioanhedges]

Duncan / Man-At-Arms - the slightly armoured man i the green bodysuit - has the best defence, a magnificent moustache

[@CAP198462]

I completely forgot about He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and now I wonder why it took so long for Jill to get around to him.

[@3Rayfire]

I really enjoyed watching you fall in love with Sun Wukong's armor, we don't really see you nigh drool over something for its ornateness that much.

[@heighRick]

Jill, excellent as ever. Appreciate your insight as always, thanks, helps a lot!

[@tombakabones274]

7:01 That's man at arms the captain of the royal guard I used to watch He-Man in the 80s as a kid

[@philipcook8298]

You're one of the KZbinrs where I don't really have to watch til the end of the video to know it deserves a like

[@Jtsolario]

This is the series i stop what I’m doing to watch as soon as i see a new one released

[@stoicmonk01]

but, but, it's HE-MAN! he don't need no stinkin' armour! that reminds me, i'm hungry. now where did i hide that spam? 😂 😜

[@johnforsyth7987]

Love your armor reviews. Keep up the good work!

[@kungfuhskull]

Another interesting and entertaining armor review! Really enjoyed it, keep it up :)

[@JohnADoe-pg1qk]

He-Man: What kind of armor does the job against swords, energy weapons and magic?

[@matthewevans107]

Plot armour

[@avalon1007]

6:40 If the vambraces are not made out of metal, doesn't that just make them long armbands and/or arm-warmers?

[@zadtheinhaler]

"Some of you need Jesus" You're *just* figuring this out now, Cheese lady? All the love from Canada!

[@johntabler349]

Wonderful and pleasant as always

[@conwarlock3537]

Also, the development for Witcher 4 has been announced, so in a few years you'll be able to review some great armor from that.

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

Orin's "armour" has a very different vibe in-game than it does in those cutscenes/high quality renders. The lighting engine makes it look so _raw_ that I legitimately thought it was her own flayed musculature until I saw this video. What I REALLY appreciate about her, though, is how her flirtatiousness is used to create further discomfort within (most) players. When she starts showing up in-game, it feels like you're being stalked by a horny, shapeshifting Hannibal Lecter without impulse control. Even as someone usually into scary women, everything about her is _so_ skin-crawlingly icky that you just want to get the Hell away every time she shows up.

[@jollyoldstbrick]

Keep on keeping on our friend!

[@LordOakrum]

Could you review armor worn by Rose from The Legend of Dragoon? Both her standard form and Dragoon forms, if you're willing. Just to note: her standard form armor is made up of a sortof woven metal/fabric material that is extremely slash-resistant, and nearly indestructible. Though it looks and flexes like thick cloth, it has lasted her 11,000 years, so it is very sturdy. Also, she fights with a fencing posture, facing her opponents with her right arm and leg forward, using lunges and thrusts to stab and parry. Her back leg she uses to maneuver out of the way.

[@lowlowcheeses]

I'm just shocked anyone could be on the internet and not have heard hot to go. It's absolutely everywhere! I'm glad i enjoy the song itself because otherwise it would drive me mental

[@SledgeOfHouseHammer]

Tiger plushie? No. Cheese plushie!

[@JillBearup]

Sadly Spreadshop does not offer cheese plushies. I saw a mince pie plushie in Morrison's the other day though.

[@karinbeulen5916]

Oh wait, you meant as an option for merch. Never mind then 😅

[@SledgeOfHouseHammer]

@@karinbeulen5916 Wait, what were you thinking, you weirdo? 😝

[@lyracian]

That was amusing. I had never thought about Skelator having blue skin before.

[@GravesRWFiA]

I recently ran into a 1930's 3 musketeers, lots of rapier fighting, have you seen it?

[@krillkilo]

I have been looking through KZbin for a good video of a list of excellent female armor in movies, with a deep dive into what makes good armor for women, and came up short. I really like the perspective you have on your armor videos, and wondered if that would be something you were planning on doing. Ideally different eras with different materials, (metal, leather, wood, etc).

[@TheGreatJohnPlays]

Morrowind had Chitinous armour which was basically lobster shell

[@Cinnder]

The lobster armour makes me hungry rather than thirsty. A bit of garlic butter would go nicely with that. 😁

[@lydiahansen9798]

Please look at the Percy Jackson Capture the flag armour. they have helmets.

[@evewilmot1629]

3:34 tbh it just looks like he is wearing regular pauldrons just backwards. They look pretty similar to a set my brother had for reenactment but that he got rid of because he just didn’t like them

[@daved154]

A wild Guild Ball artwork appears!

[@michalinaskowronska5355]

I don't know if it's directly stated in the game - I think it is, but I might be making this up - but Orin's "armor" is not really an armor, but I think it's flayed skin. She's sadistic, bloodthirsty assassin, that just wants to kill, maim and eviscerate everything and everyone, so... I think it works for her, kind of... I don't really want to think about it too much xD

[@MindstabThrull]

For what it's worth, the He-Man character in green and orange that you rated as "pretty good" is Man-At-Arms. If you assume that He-Man is a Barbarian (think D&D terms here), Man-At-Arms is basically a Fighter. He's the one likely to be proficient in whatever weapon or armour comes up in the series, and understand tactics more generally. Basically, if He-Man had an army, there's no reason Man-At-Arms wasn't his General.

[@nunyabusiness8160]

Lae'zel gets "Just Stab Me Now" for not having proper pants but Duncan gets "Pretty Good? for tights and furry underwear? Not saying his armor's not "better," but the disparity between them doesn't seem THAT harsh.

[@claran3616]

It’s the context. The rest of that poster had Jill in such despair that she had to cut him some slack lol.

[@EliteslayerX]

I was thinking the same thing; neither of them have pants, but at least Lae'zel's armor has more overall coverage (without going into in-story reasons to try and justify Githyanki armor beyond "it looks cool")

[@mudcrab3420]

1:16 - Oi!!!! Enough with the crab jokes! I blame the Squiddy Man.

[@jessicastein5155]

Seeing the He Man review makes me want an 80s She Ra review, haha

[@kilroy00011]

I really want to see a review of some of the Guild Wars 2 armor, especially the bladed sets and some of the cultural sets.

[@raineecho4005]

If you take suggestions from comments, I need to see an armor comparison of Kazuki and Inukami from “The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic” Early in episode 10 they stand right next to each other in their full armor and the comparison, when they’re both mostly fighting on the front lines, is insane. Kazuki gets mostly full armor with some gaps where it makes a bit of sense, but Inukami gets so much less

[@FreedomIII]

lobster? no, no, *salami* 🤣

[@fluffygalaxy6]

You could totally make a whole armor rating video with just bg3, there are definitely sone less silly armors in there, I promise (especially the ones not belonging to a specific character, though that might be less fun ig)

[@LawrenceSeetoh]

love the reviews! thank you Jill!

[@root_squash]

That break down of He-man was not something I ever expected....but damn if it wasn't entertaining. Thank you.

[@53rdcards]

I always thought Orin the Red was just wearing the skin of people she had killed, and since she is a shape shifter, whatever she is wearing would have to also shift. So it is either her skin, and she is making it look like that for "reasons" or its some sort of enchanted shapeshifting thing and looks like that for "reasons:

[@candy-coatedrose513]

for further armor reviews (not sure if I've said this one before, but if I have forgive me) may I recommend General Lilia and his underlings from the mobile game Twisted Wonderland, if only because Lilia's armor is going to be so much hilariously worse in this tier list than the guards he leads.

[@electricVGC]

the orin outfit holes are probably from places that have already been stabbed off or something already. it be like that sometimes.

[@crazypetec-130fe7]

I'm from Maine. I love me some lobstah! That suit might put me off it.

[@AngryCosmonaut]

I'd love to hear what you think of Chris Lightfellow's armor from Suikoden 3. Actually the entire suikoden series would be an interesting video given the variety.

[@Autumnlight91]

Would you ever do a ranking of book character armor? Like not necessarily any pictures but just from the description of how the armor looks in a book?

[@potatoradio]

WOOT Man AT Arms is... Armored! Grin. Also He Man is weird as it has future tech AND magic. So, kevlar+ fabric with electronics, and Freya's feather cloak (kinda) for the sorceress.. Lol still not great but just a thought.

[@ryanweible9090]

in the old comics that came with the figures, he man's outfit generates a force field, sot sure if they retconned that in the new one. admittedly its a butt pull excuse due to the fact they just wanted to make some frazetta/vallejo style barbarians, with muscles and loincloths, but thats their thing, its not specifically armor, instead magitech force armor.

[@taylor_green_9]

I'm pretty sure all the Not Actually Armour on the He-Man characters is a bunch of kink outfits. Also, maybe have a look at She-Ra and the Princesses of Power? I'm sure there's some armour there, if only on the Horde soldiers

[@julietfischer5056]

Unintentionally kinky outfits, as they were trying to appeal to kids who would buy the toys.

[@PSDuck216]

Lucy Lawless commented on heels in “combat”: self defeating. You can’t move in them! (Words to that effect.). And they will break your ankles, feet and legs. I will comment on the plate armor, especially about the “dragon wings”: not just no, but (heck) no! Thats sheer fantasy. This is from someone who wore plate armor for tournaments, mounted and afoot. You want your armor with the most protection and least frilly junk protruding. That stuff makes articulating difficult if not impossible, and opponents’ weapons catch on it instead of glancing off. Okay for cartoons, but not reality. Great video, Jill! Cheers!

[@ajdynon]

Some old-school 80s and 90s anime I'd like to see you review: - Mospeada/Cyclone + Ride Armor (Genesis Climber Mospeada AKA Robotech: New Generation) - While we're on Robotech, Jeanne/Dana's armor from Southern Cross - The Knight Sabers' armor from Bubblegum Crisis - Iria (Zeiram live action movies/"Iria: Zeiram the Animation" anime)