986 is around the late middle ages. Gunpowder has come into wider use in this part of the world but not enough to render armor ineffective. His body and tail are dressed in thick gambeson and his limbs are protected by jackchain armor. This example is based heavily upon foriegn human/dwarven armors, but is quite light compared to some of the human/dwarven full plate at the time. Kobolds are small mountain folk, they can't carry much and heavy armor is quite tiring in this terrain.
By 1386 all of this is gone of course. A modern fighting man ideally carries a single shot breech loading rifle. Belt fed machine guns have just invented this year, so only expect that if you're with state of the art militaries.
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u/NuclearBeverage Sep 02 '24
I like the way the armor looks in the first panel. How has the style of armor and weapons evolved since then?