Thinslayer asked people about their favorite weapon a little while ago, and now I'm going to follow up his poll by asking about your favorite armor, helmet, and shield. As before, it must actually be usable by players (so the shield bracelet is out, no matter how cool it is). You can make your decision based on aesthetics, functionality, or anything else.
Armor: Fused Demo armor
I love the military color scheme, and all of my costume armor is based around gear with that color scheme. Fused demo matches decently with all my other military gear, it goes well with my personal color, and is cheap enough that I can have as many sets as I want to trick out with different accessories (the last point is the mainreason it edged out my military flak jacket for the #1 spot).
Helmet: Fused Demo Helmet
For the same reasons as the demo armor. It's military, it goes well with everything, it matches me, and it's cheap.
Shield: Aegis
Good old Aegis. It's a solidly reliable piercing shield, one that also happens to look much cooler than the Royal Jelly shield and BTS. and you get the recipe for free! What's not to love?
Armour: Skolver. That shiny. And the fur thing around the shoulder.
Helmet: Not many helmets appeal to me, shadowsun I suppose.
Shield: Hard to decide between the kite shield design of the 4* skelly or the 5*. It seems like a scaled down dreadnaught styled shield that's capable,of hiding a guy behind it.