Talk:Royal guards/@comment-24.104.139.174-20130528081247

I seriously doubt Equestria's military would deck its soldiers in gold armor. Yes, yes, you can tell me the gold has been echanted to be strong, hard, & light, but that's an awful amount of work when I think their is a much simpler material: Bronze.

Specifically, either iron-phosphor bronze, or nickel-aluminum bronze, if the shade of yellow is any indication. Both are modern copper alloys, both very tough and springy, if just not quite as strong as carbon steel.

Bronze makes a hell of a lot more sense than gold, and if I'm not mistaken, there's no canonical indication that their armor is made of gold anyway.