Morroblivion

I'm loving the look of this. Keep it up! 

omg hes started! ITS ON!

Omg those boots already look epic! nicely done

This looks good, but I feel that the mage should be in light armor, to be more nimble. Magic users are in no way tanks after all. I think the pauldrons should be leather as in the concept art, not steel. Save that for the footsoldier and town/city watch. Keep up the good work :).

Dragomir wrote:

Quite the contrary, Imperial Battle Mages are heavy troops.

I thought so too until I saw the concept art, it depends on your strength. With Alteration magic, Imperial Battle Mages don't need as much armor, they are akin to archers. Take the mages at Helgen in Skyrim- light armor. 

good point , maybe light armor when in combat, heavy when in town?

Take your time, thanks for the update, and great work! ;)

I'm sorry, but the last couple images are ridiculous.  I hope we will be following Frederick Van De Brunt's concept as closely as possible.  It couldn't be much better.

Well a few of the things could be improved, as has been stated before.  Some of the cultural motiffs of the Cyrodils of Morrowind were a bit 'off'.  Like the horses.  Horses and lions - these aren't the symbols of the Empire.  Moths and dragons are their thing.  They're not just Roman knockoffs, though Romans were the primary inspiration.  There's also Akaviri (Japanese) and a bit of British in there, too.

Overall, Fred's stuff is very well done and polished, but some of the new ideas could be used to improve it further.

Oh it was, but horses have nothing to do with the Imperials.  Replacing the horses with moths and dragons would make more sense, as THOSE are symbols of the empire.

When Morrowind was being developed, LotR was big, and the Gladiator movie was still hot.  Romans and horse motiff armor was a big thing (Rohirrim of LotR for instance).  But the empire isn't Rohan or Rome, and its symbols are not theirs.

The lack of moths and dragons for the Imperial Guard's armor was an oversight, and likely a product of the time the game was made.  This is a chance to correct it.

Solid points, I'm sold.

Imperial battlemages, being primarily Nibenese in culture, are far from simple in design. I could see a foreign legion stationed in Morrowind having a more Colovian influenced design, but Cyrodiilic battlemages are very "cultured" and "relish in garish costumes". Colovian designs are more in line with Fred's concepts, although battlemages are distinctly Nibenese.

aye, lets focus on the morrowind side.
If we want skyblivion armours with better designs, we can reuse the zbrush files later.

I like what you did with the little pteruges there, across his back, the other legionaries' would stop at the armpit the way they do in the front, though I think it's fitting here on the battlemage.

It was an obscure detail on the sketch, though I made his robe underneath the draped cloth have a collar similar to this

Another thing, see if you can tighten up the cloth around his neck, and bring it up a bit, like this

lastly, good work so far. I'll get to adjusting the gauntlets and greaves soon, though right now, I'm a bit sickly, so I will have to wait. Heck, it was even a bit difficult to write this, ahg my head feels like a dizzy potato.

edit- actually, now that i think about it with my potato brain, the picture i linked to is a bit too high for the neck cloth, though it should still be brought up close to that.

Hey eXecutex, since you're doing all the Imperial armours, would you add one more to the list? I've made that concept ages ago and almost forgot about it - the Imperial Ebony. It would be best if it was kept in a similar style with the other Imperial armours, so having one person do them all would be the best call. I know six armours is a HUGE undertaking, but luckily most of them don't have to be started from scratch :P

Looks awesome! Really like where it's going. I'm sure it's too late for this, though I would suggest lengthening the leather strips hanging from the belt or at least adding a second row, since at their current length they don't serve their real-life purpose (to keep rocks and debris from hitting them in the boy loins)

Looking good so far, really looking forward to the rest of the sets!

On the contrary, I really like the design, and it should stay as it is. imo.

Looks better in my opinion. Red is too bright and makes the Battlemages too visible on the battlefield, like moving targets for archers.

They probably know the Shield spell.