At the time I first pencilled these beginning strips back in 2003, I didn't have a clear idea of how armour or weapon design worked. As a result it really, really shows. All I can say is please stick around, because I promise I do improve on this somewhat in future strips. Really.
EDIT: Just read my old note on this, ahahaha. I kept the armour design consistent to what I anchored down from strip 22 onwards for the redrawn pages, phew!
Oh, thank you! :3 I never made an armour reference for myself back in the day, so her armour changes practically every strip until I stabilised the design somewhere in the 20s. XD;; Lesson learnt.
