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This is page 9 of the Rimworld Power Armour Studies, being the latter half of the Cataphract Armour section. The huge pauldrons hide the shoulder joints of the exoskeleton that supports the heavy arm pieces. Utmost care was taken to ensure the person inside still resides firmly within the frame and can move along with the armour, with joints coinciding with their mechanical counterparts. I've recently come across a really well-done depiction of an exoskeleton, which combined realism with aesthetic with a finely-tuned point of balance. I really wanted to take note from that, but as my own exoskeleton still needed human-sized hands to properly use personal weapons, I could not copy it. In the end my imagination of the Cataphract Armour turned out very similar in proportion to the Fallout 4 armour and the CMC suit from Starcraft 2, as is fitting seeing as those two did provide the majority of the inspiration.

Description
This is page 9 of the Rimworld Power Armour Studies, being the latter half of the Cataphract Armour section. The huge pauldrons hide the shoulder joints of the exoskeleton that supports the heavy arm pieces. Utmost care was taken to ensure the person inside still resides firmly within the frame and can move along with the armour, with joints coinciding with their mechanical counterparts. I've recently come across a really well-done depiction of an exoskeleton, which combined realism with aesthetic with a finely-tuned point of balance. I really wanted to take note from that, but as my own exoskeleton still needed human-sized hands to properly use personal weapons, I could not copy it. In the end my imagination of the Cataphract Armour turned out very similar in proportion to the Fallout 4 armour and the CMC suit from Starcraft 2, as is fitting seeing as those two did provide the majority of the inspiration.