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Ok Lothar. Look at your character's chestplate. For all practical purposes, it looks like an umpire's chest protector (you know, like in Baseball?). That or a big Grey Sweater, especially from the side angles. They don't do it any kind of justice at all.
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Some Possibly Helpful Tips, one sprite editor to another-
-Segment or section the chest-torso armor if at all possible. Rarely (if any) do knights' chestplates reach that far. Shorten it, divide it up like real armor. The armor of a knight, or someone with armor on in general, never is THAT solid looking. They segmented it usually closer to the lower belly/ass/crotch area. So as to not limit upper body movement
as much, as well as better protect the lower body and private areas.
- If you need something to go by, look at these sprites.
www.geocities.com/cyberfe...xdraco.gif
www.geocities.com/cyberfe..._green.gif
They're from the game that these sprites of yours are obviously based on. Draco, and an Imperial soldier. Look at how their armor is done. There's small details, emphasis with the shading. It doesn't look like a gradient job. There's "real" shine in Draco's armor. As well as the shaded/dark parts of his armor. They're an entirely different color all together. A dark grey-ish blue. The highlights on the Imp. Soldier's armor are placed in certain spots to make the armor (the soldier in question) look more muscular and intimidating.
-Add in some of that blue collar that's on the FFT pic you edited for your character. Put in something to break up all that grey space on the armor. Not too much on the front, but really go for it on those side angles, make it not look like a big chunk of grey strapped onto your character's body. Darken the armor near the arms, to show shadow, in areas that you know light from that angle won't be showing or hitting.
Specially with the Non-moving side angle sprite. It makes your character look like some guy in a cheap disco outfit.
-Extra Tip: Look at pics of real-life armor if needed.
I hope that this helped in any possible way. I'm not the best at explaining things at times.

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