The hippogriff can hear the pony’s voice from inside “Coming!” and a few seconds later the door opens “Oh. Hey there Vindicar.”
Griffpony nods. “Yeah, I had to practice wearing weighted suit before trying on the armor. Okay, now let’s fasten this… and this one…” he tightens the belts around wingholes and under the belly. Seeing as armor seems to sit only a bit loosely on Pewny, Vindicar nods. “Looking pretty good, actually. Now let’s put on thse things. Hold on,” he asks, strapping wing covers to the sides. “I think you should be able to open your wings if necessary. Those are not too heavy, and designed to slide on your back whenever you spread your wings.”
"Makes sense, I doubt you could just randomly put this on and go into battle. Like in half the books" He chuckles then groans slightly as the belts get tightened. He looks back a bit as the covers are put on "Those things really look cool. And it’s good you can still fly, I actually thought they are like strapped to the wings and ground you."
Hippogriff chuckles, making sure his friend is not too encumbered.
"Indeed, I had to bother armourers quite a bit to get a set that won’t pin me to the ground. Starbuck’s plated set offers much better protection, but he can’t fly in it." He adds in slightly jealous tone. "He does use his wings in other manner, though…"
Meanwhile Vindicar has fetched the chestplate, a solid chunk of metal bearing insignia of Blackened Star. “Okay, if you can handle this thing, then you’re ready to go!” he said, strapping it in place. “I won’t bother with armored shoes, because those really don’t work well for a differently sized hooves.”
“Well, the thing with full plate armor is also, that you ain’t exactly agile in it. In this you can at least dodge.” The stallion gets a bit curious “What exactly does he do with his wings?”
The stallion nods “Alright, put it on” He braces himself for the heaviness of it “Well, differently sized hooves is only half of the problems” He looks at his talons.