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[Dan Howard]

Properly made metal armour is neither heavy nor uncomfortable. In order for leather to even go close to providing the same level of protection it needs to be both far thicker and far heavier than a metal equivalent.

There are plenty of cases of leather armour and other items being painted. In medieval Italy for example both paint and gesso were used to decorate leather armour and other items. In Asia the most common method of decorating leather armour was with coloured lacquer.