Noting my previous post a few posts up, I find that this suggestion might just be the compromise most reasonable people could be happy with. Some of that armor is pretty sexy and unrealistic from boob slots, etc etc., but it's also full cover that allows suspension of disbelief at least in my case to wear that and not really mind.
So I think something like this might just be the way to go for appealing to the sexy crowd and the pragmatic/realistic crowd in equal measure. I would strongly encourage the art team to at least take a look through these.
