Bronze.
Yes. He used to have Spartan 2 armor, but now he has Spartan 4 armor. It's armor, now with Armor Abilities!
Metal armor (plate armor) was not invented in medieval age, it was already used by ancient greeks and romans. Metal armor allowed knights to be stronger.
metal, leather and hides
Wool was used for the tunics and cloaks. A quilted woolen under-tunic was sometimes worn beneath the soldier's armor. Metal, in segments or in chain mail was used for the armor, metal for the helmet, leather for the boots. Soft wool was used for the neck scarf used to prevent the armor from chaffing the neck.
There are no colors for Elites in halo reach, that is because the colors you used for the Spartan species will be used for your Elite species, and the same thing occurring for the Emblem and everything else!
Sharp metal.
In emergencies, sure, but they had access to Iron so used metal weapons and armor.
Generally if its metal then its steel.
shiny metal
The Vikings used a combination of metal and leather layers,combined with a wooden or metal shield They prefered to use axes for their primary weapon
Titanium .
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