I get that armour is all ties to the body model so have options would require work....except games like saints row 2-4 which lets you have any shape and the clothing changes to fit so they could have used that method.

Anyway, it is silly that the male is so bulky when 2 of the 3 base class types are typically represented by slim characters and even then a fighter can be slim. They should have given the male model a slim, athletic build not the incredible hulk. I have to play the game with both female characters because it is so silly seeing a Rob Liefeld style character lumbering around in a robe. Yeah I went there. he is that bad.