You'll see me talking about armors & medieval, renaissance (& fantasy things) on a fairly regular basis.
This is my big field of interest and sometimes I write articles (link in the comments). E.g. how a more realistic/useful take on an established design could look like
A Dark Souls 3 - 2D pixelart metroidvania was pitched to Bandai Namco ~6 years ago.
This is now finally out of NDA, so enjoy the visuals created back then.