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Hello dear dakkanauts!

The recent primaris design cue to attach loin cloths under the chest armour don't sit right with me and I started thinking why. These are the reasons I can think of:

-The old way had them feel like more improvised attachments. They could be tagged to the belt, bolted on the belly armour or hang over the armour like some monk outfit, usually with a waist rope. It's improvised nature made me think it was something fanatical marines made their servitors create. These new primaris designs feel like the actual armour pattern was built with cloak pattern configs in mind. It does not have the improvised feel of the old ways.

-What if the cloak catches fire? It will burn in under the chest armour. Would that not be extremely dangerous?

Do you like this design change? Do you think it improves the immage of cloaks on power armour or does it break your immersion?

If my 40k immersion was going to be broken, it would probably be the chainswords or something equally silly. Cloaks are not going to be it hah

I think they look cool, and I dont think the Imperium really cares about fire risk.

it also might/will break the hermetic seal the armour has and expose the underlying layer to corrosive elements.
It's all kinds of uncool - as pretty much all primaris has been to me. The new flamer looks just as bland and boring.

Maybe the servitors have just had a precision upgrade should be easy enough to match the shape of the chest plate and you could use some kind of magnetic strip to hold it in place.

Also maybe space marine cloth is all made of asbestos. Thinking about it asbestos is the perfect 40k material

Doesn’t rot, doesnt burn, it just kills you horribly after extended exposure. I reckon the Van Saar are rather behind the curve in terms of civilisation deliberately using materials that cause harm…

That would be because they're more like tabards than loin cloths

 Hellebore wrote:
That would be because they're more like tabards than loin cloths

also Mk X armor is modular and layered so it may be possiable to put the lighter shell on put a tabard and then put heavier reinforciung armor on afterwards. *shrugs*

 Hellebore wrote:
That would be because they're more like tabards than loin cloths

Seems after some research like like this would have been the more appropriate term. Thank you sir!

Fire would never burn up under unless there was an accelerant, but you'd have much bigger problems if you were hit with that

 Thairne wrote:
it also might/will break the hermetic seal the armour has and expose the underlying layer to corrosive elements.
It's all kinds of uncool - as pretty much all primaris has been to me. The new flamer looks just as bland and boring.

With trueborn armour youd be correct, but primaris armour is armour plates attached to the under later using connection points and magnetism.

It's modular nature means the seal is maintained By the body suit the armour connects to.

Personally I like it. I have the best of both worlds, armoured chest that I can put Maltese crosses on, and it’s easier for me to sculpt a smaller robe only on the stomach and loin cloth on existing models.

I am truly terrible at sculpting.

Also, all of the blade guard vets have that’s type and I like keeping things the same.

 fraser1191 wrote:
Fire would never burn up under unless there was an accelerant, but you'd have much bigger problems if you were hit with that

An accelerant like burning prometheum or squig oil perhaps?

Considering the combat zones space marines drop into their robes can’t last long, the dark angels must spend a fortune on fabric

 Afrodactyl wrote:

 fraser1191 wrote:
Fire would never burn up under unless there was an accelerant, but you'd have much bigger problems if you were hit with that

An accelerant like burning prometheum or squig oil perhaps?

Yeah, the good burny stuff!