So, I know there have been complaints about Warhorse Armor since the trait first appeared. It's big and covers a bunch of the pet. And it can really throw off a design because of the headpiece being so consistently dark!

Muscadet for example:


You can barely see that he has striped scales (just that tiny bit by his shoulders) and the mask being such a dark pink really doesn't match the theme that well.

I have seen suggestions to 'fix' this trait before, including making the back piece transparent... but what if we did something else?

I suggest that we take ideas from another qitari trait, and a zolnixi trait:

First, to fix that back piece: I think it would be neat if the 'plain' part of the blanket changed to show some approximation of the scale gene that is underneath, much like the Dragon Scales mutation in the same slot already does. This way you don't lose the interest of traits like Turtle Shell Scales, or Sugar Plum Swirls under that massive blanket.

Second, to fix that headpiece: Zolnixis have the very lovely Ball Mask mutation which incorporates two different colours for the main mask and the edging. The headpiece on Warhorse Armor has such a nice intricate design, but you can't *see* it because it's always so uniformly dark! So I suggest that instead of darkening M1 out of all recognition, we take M1 and AC2 (or EC) to do the same thing as Ball mask has going on on nixis.

I'm no good with digital art, so I don't have a mock up of what my ideas would look like in practice. But I really think these changes would go a long way to save these three traits from being some of the most reviled by qitari breeders.

PS. Yes, I know this would not be implemented anytime soon, what with the revamps still ongoing to keep the species artist busy, but I thought it was worth writing down once I thought of it XD

Support! A two-colored mask piece on the warhorse armor would be great!

Support; I've wanted to use this trait for a long time, but the head has always held me off.