The torso is based on Japanese muscle cuirasses. I think the combination of grotesque musculature and bulging stomach fits orcs really well. Decided to texture the undergarment to be a gambeson this time, and add a bit of a Malacath flame motif with the orange rims. (the dark gray is chainmail btw, it's just untextured)
We thought it might work nicely if the distinctive crest style for orcish helmets was many rows of smaller horns, as seen on the statue of Malacath in TES5 (to distinguish them from the many different horned helmets made by Nords, Reachmen etc.) The shoulder armor adds a more pronounced fire motif, and also sort of continues/dissipates the spiky shape language of the helmet horns.
Another orcish armor set (helmet, torso, shoulders; bracers and boots are generic placeholders).
Recently discovered that the Alt Text feature has a very big word limit, so expect much yap in these henceforth.
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