The Silver Knight armor in the male version is an absurdly stunning piece of scuplty artisty and dedication. I don’t know how many sculpt prims are involved, but the level of detail and research is simply phenomenal at almost all points. The armor is sold with one of three helmet variations at L$2000, with all three helmets at L$2300 (the helmets can also be bought in a separate pack for L$500). Based on an amalgamation of 15th and 16th century European plate armor, with perhaps a slight fantasy touch, it’s just gorgeous. I can’t say anything more.

The designer, Noritsune Watanabe, has paid an amazing amount of detail to how plate armor looked and functioned. There are rivets even in areas where they would be difficult to see, there are straps, there are even hinges on the leg armor as would have been the case for this sort of harness. The detail that amazed me most of all can be seen in the shot of the back: the round plate at the back of the helmet, a rondel that’s seen on many period close helmets. The exact purpose isn’t really known, though I hold by the idea that it protected straps that helped keep the gorget (protective neck armor) connected to the helmet. The helmet shown here is Armet 3, which is basically of the bellows visor type.

Better still, these visors are scripted so that they can be raised. The lifted visor here belongs to the Armet 2, well-suited to a close helmet intended for the jouster where a minimal slit is an absolute necessity to protect from shards of wood from splintering lances. In the close up you can see the various ornaments, and the gorgeous stacking of elegantly-sculpted shoulder lames. Many of the more remarkable pieces of armor, such as those lames and the breastplate, are made up of two mirrored sculpties that are then placed together to create these intricate shapes. Shine is combined with a subtle brushed steel texture to give the armor the splending appearance of “white armor”, as the highly-polished armor of the 15th and 16th century was called.

And that’s not all. The armor and all included pices are copy/mod. While there are no scripts to help color it up, potentially one could create or find a ready-made one to help the process. Just to see what I could do, I colored the armor up after the colors of House Tyrell from the bestselling A Song of Ice and Fire series (maybe something that the Knight of Flowers would have worn…), and I have to say it looks smashing, as does the Armet 1 visor, in the classic sparrowsbeak form. I shouldn’t neglect the detailed chainmail clothing layers and flexi piece, as I’ve never seen anyone pay as much attention as to how it should look; the only thing they’re lacking are the rivets.

If I’ve two complaints, one would be that the sculpted saboton (foot armor) is in one piece on top, rather than separate lames as with the shoulder harness; this prevented me from alternating lame colors as I did with the shoulder harness. The other is that the sculpted sword is a generous inclusion, but it’s terribly generic and does not show the level of research or attention to detail that the armor displays. This is easily-enough remedied with one of the many swords to be found in SL.