/r/Badarmour

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A subreddit for critiquing and/or mocking artistic depictions of armour and other military garb (fantasy, futuristic or 'historical') that make no practical sense whatsoever.

The purpose of this subreddit is to critique and/or mock artistic depictions (in stand-alone images, comics, films, computer games or other sources) of armour and other military garb (fantasy, futuristic or 'historical') that make no practical sense whatsoever. The kind of equipment that would actually be such a liability on the field of battle that it would be better to turn up in jeans and a t-shirt. This may include any of the following:

  • Pauldrons so large or elaborate that they would prevent the arms from moving properly and block peripheral vision.

  • Spikes placed in such a way as to hinder movement or impale the wearer

  • Countless tropes relating to 'sexy' armour for women: sculpted 'boob' plates, cleavage windows, high-heeled sabatons, exposed midriff, chainmail bikinis and so on.

  • 200 lbs of quarter inch steel plate; no helmet.

  • Jointed metal plate worn directly against the skin.


Rule 1: Link directly to the image. Give 'credit' to the artist if you see fit.

Rule 2: Provide an explanation (as brief or as detailed as you like) of why the armour in question is ludicrous.

/r/Badarmour

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Official Porsche NFT public/free Ethereum mint now live. 1000 hand drawn sketches with tangible benefits for Porsche owners. Interesting at least.

So as a proud Cayman GT4 owner into crypto, ofc this is exciting for me as I've been on the porsche nft waiting list for a couple months, and today had the email saying minting is live: -- basically its a free mint on ethereum, and now live at https://porschenfts.org/claim and although im disappointed I only minted a crappy Boxster, it does seem to offer some real tangible benefits for us Porsche owners, such as free racetrack entry, discounted services and some other things I haven't fully investigated yet.

Part of me is also disappointed in the sketch design - in my opinion it takes away from the sweeping contours and beauty that only a real photo can show, just look at a photo of a porsche 959 and compare to the NFT sketch, i mean yeah, one is exciting, one is.. Dull

On the other hand, it is a nice touch that everything is hand drawn and gives an exclusive feel, for sure.

Also, its really interesting to see how much the NFT space is growing, and i think the bear market has really hidden these things out of our view, and makes us think everything is dying..

sure prices are down but development is increasing, and adoption is crazy high.

So dont give up on your nfts guys, it is real value and will be a huge part of the world going forward.

Steve K

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2022/12/11
12:35 UTC

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"Spiked armour", a video about the impracticality of many fantasy armours

4 Comments
2015/02/14
14:50 UTC

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