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A breastplate or chestplate is a device worn over the torso to protect it from injury, as an item of religious significance, or as an item of status. European
The Enchantments, an area within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of the Cascade Range; Enchantment, a way to improve equipment using magic in the video game Minecraft; Enchantment (social sciences), technical term used to describe the ways in which people create moments of wonder in the midst of everyday life
It rendered its wearer immune to all enchantments, and renders the user invisible when placed in their mouth. (Mythology in France) Nibelungen ring, Alberich steals the Rhinegold from the Rhinemaidens, having learned that he who is willing to renounce love will thereby gain the ability to forge a ring of power from the gold. Alberich forges the ...
While Tony Stark himself was designed by Don Heck, the designer of the character's first gray suit of armor in 1963 was Jack Kirby. [4] It was recolored gold for the character's initial batch of adventures in Tales of Suspense, [5] before being redesigned again by Steve Ditko later in the year – this was the first version to feature a red and gold/yellow scheme, which would come to be Iron ...
Cuirass worn by a Carabinier-à-Cheval. A cuirass (/ k w ɪ ˈ r æ s, k j ʊəˈr æ s / kwirr-ASS, kure-ASS; [1] French: cuirasse; Latin: coriaceus) is a piece of armour that covers the torso, formed of one or more pieces of metal or other rigid material.
Tolkien writes that Elves and Dwarves produced the best swords (and other war gear) and that Elvish swords glowed blue in the presence of Orcs. Elves generally used straight swords while Orcs generally used curved swords. Both races have exceptions: Egalmoth of Gondolin used a curved sword and the Uruk-hai of Isengard used short, broad blades ...
Bronze muscle cuirass, Italy, c. 350–300 BC. Partial plate armour, made out of bronze, which protected the chest and the lower limbs, was used by the ancient Greeks, as early as the late Bronze Age.
A knight in full kasten-brust armour without gauntlets (altar of Saint Leonard churge in Basele by Conrad Witz,1435) Kasten-brust armour (German: Kastenbrust — "box-shaped breast") — is a German form of plate armour from the first half of 15th century.