By Raynor Vanos Kireth says I should write down what I've learned about Dwemer artisans and the styles and motifs of their lost civilization. CHEST PIECES All Dwarven chest armor consists of metal plates of various sizes affixed to a leather cuirass-think, flexible leather with a few small plates in the case of light armor, the leather becoming thicker and the plates larger and more numerous as the armor gets heavier. The plates are typically geometric in shape and ornamentation.