[SUGGESTION] Armor Mannequins / Display Armor

Cellithor · November 16

There should be Armor mannequin furnishings in the game that you can outfit with any of your known outfit styles or crafting styles. Perhaps this could come in the form of "display" armor that you craft with the appropriate style material to be put on the mannequin - or just get right to the point and let players customize the mannequin with any style just like an outfit station. This would be a unique way to let players show off some of their favorite styles that they've acquired without necessarily wearing it.

P.S. All of the medieval era rich folk are portrayed as collecting armor suits in their house anyway. Why not let us do the same in an Elder Scrolls way?

LunaFlora · November 16

yes that would be awesome.

It has been suggested many times so if ZOS does it, it could even happen next update.
i hope it eventually happens

freespirit · November 16

Weapons stands too, how can a fantasy game such as ESO not have any way to place armour or weapons in our houses???

So many things there should be as furnishings, yet we have none of them. 😕

El_Borracho · November 19

freespirit wrote: »

Weapons stands too, how can a fantasy game such as ESO not have any way to place armour or weapons in our houses???

So many things there should be as furnishings, yet we have none of them. 😕

Especially this. Why have special versions of weapons if you can't display them?

Erorah · December 9

There are already assets in the game for this... they just need to give them to us! HAHA!

- Armor stands: Alinor, near the Justiciars that give dailies.
- Mannekins: Leyawiin Armor and Fine Garments shop as well as The Diamond Thimble in Abah's Landing.

SO many things we could have ...

gusthermopyle · December 17

Of course so much yes to this idea.

But at the same time, I'm sure that would involve quite a bit of work - not that I don't want to see it happen, just that might be why it hasn't happened yet. But I know the housing community would collectively open their wallets for this kind of thing.

However, why we can't just get some static weapons/armour stands exactly like the ones we see in the world - just generic swords, armour, shields etc. I just don't understand that. I mean, they give us occassional new items for the lux furnisher, why not just a few swords/staves????

PLEASE?!?!?!?!?!

IndorilArwynLlethran · December 17

yes! please! i want a valley af mannequins!

allochthons · December 17

The armor mannequin in Skyrim, The Game would occasionally get the Idle NPC movement flag. You'd walk into your house, and they'd be shifting position, moving their heads to follow you, seriously creepy. It was great!

Another vote for Armor/Weapon display, please!

DenverRalphy · December 19

This has been requested repeatedly since housing came about. Unfortunately, I think it hasn't happened simply because the game development basically painted itself into a corner.

It's likely because the way the game is built, furnishing assets cannot be dynamic. Meaning you can't craft different versions of a furnishing to be rendered on the fly. So if you wanted to place an armor furnishing of a specific style, there'd have to be a static model of every style of every piece of gear. And even then you wouldn't be able to change its colors.

I'm not saying it couldn't be done. Just that it's likely be a monumental task to completely overhaul the game's back end to support it.

That's my guess anyway. But one could always dream. I try to whenever I can.

[edit] Pretty much the same reason that without a complete overhaul, the game won't ever see Doorway/Windows furnishings that can cut a hole through a wall. We'll forever have to use stenciled wall furnishings with pre-built door/window slots, or kludge together creative artistic methods to fake it.