Because the illustrator didn't really have a clue? Same as Adalgoth has to walk about bare-assed in some of those pictures, as tekalynn remarked upon?
The illustrator (unlike us two) had probably never seen blokes move in armour, either. He treats Teja's armour like some sort of clothing in some of the pictures that he moves in completely freely.
Like this one, which is highly stylised; or this one, even more, as it's more detailed. Shiny black clothing, but not armour.
You know what that image of Teja looks like to my decadent early 21st century eye?
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The illustrator (unlike us two) had probably never seen blokes move in armour, either. He treats Teja's armour like some sort of clothing in some of the pictures that he moves in completely freely.
Like this one, which is highly stylised; or this one, even more, as it's more detailed. Shiny black clothing, but not armour.
You know what that image of Teja looks like to my decadent early 21st century eye?
Yep - the Ministry!