I'm not going to pretend that I have a good idea what I'm doing, but I put together some new armor and weapons for my dwarves, and a set of armor for the elves because I felt bad for them. These may be a bit OP, as I have lost all of like two dwarves who were fully kitted out, but they slow down unskilled armor users by an idiotic amount, and they cost a LOT of metal to make.
The Armor, Dreadplate:
item_armor
[OBJECT:ITEM]
[ITEM_ARMOR:ITEM_ARMOR_DREADPLATE_HULL]
[NAME:dreadplate hull:dreadplate hulls]
[ARMORLEVEL:3]
[UBSTEP:MAX]
[LBSTEP:MAX]
[SHAPED]
[LAYER:ARMOR]
[COVERAGE:100]
[LAYER_SIZE:50]
[LAYER_PERMIT:15]
[MATERIAL_SIZE:15]
[HARD]
[METAL]
[BARRED]
item_gloves
[OBJECT:ITEM]
[ITEM_GLOVES:ITEM_GLOVES_DREADPLATE_GAUNTLETS]
[NAME:dreadplate gauntlet:dreadplate gauntlets]
[ARMORLEVEL:3]
[UPSTEP:MAX]
[SHAPED]
[LAYER:ARMOR]
[COVERAGE:100]
[LAYER_SIZE:50]
[LAYER_PERMIT:15]
[MATERIAL_SIZE:6]
[SCALED]
[BARRED]
[METAL]
[HARD]
item_helm
[OBJECT:ITEM]
[ITEM_HELM:ITEM_HELM_DREADPLATE_HELM]
[NAME:dreadplate helm:dreadplate helms]
[ARMORLEVEL:3]
[METAL_ARMOR_LEVELS]
[SHAPED]
[LAYER:ARMOR]
[COVERAGE:100]
[LAYER_SIZE:50]
[LAYER_PERMIT:15]
[MATERIAL_SIZE:6]
[HARD]
[METAL]
[BARRED]
[SHAPED]
item_shoes
[OBJECT:ITEM]
[ITEM_SHOES:ITEM_SHOES_DREADPLATE_BOOTS]
[NAME:dreadplate boots:dreadplate boots]
[ARMORLEVEL:3]
[UPSTEP:MAX]
[METAL_ARMOR_LEVELS]
[LAYER:OVER]
[COVERAGE:100]
[LAYER_SIZE:50]
[LAYER_PERMIT:15]
[MATERIAL_SIZE:6]
[METAL]
[HARD]
[BARRED]
item_pants
[OBJECT:ITEM]
[ITEM_PANTS:ITEM_PANTS_DREADPLATE_LEGS]
[NAME:dreadplate legs:dreadplate legs]
[ARMORLEVEL:3]
[LBSTEP:MAX]
[SHAPED]
[LAYER:ARMOR]
[COVERAGE:100]
[LAYER_SIZE:50]
[LAYER_PERMIT:15]
[MATERIAL_SIZE:12]
[METAL]
[BARRED]
[HARD]
[ITEM_PANTS:ITEM_PANTS_DREADPLATE_SKIRT]
[NAME:dreadplate skirt:dreadplate skirts]
[ARMORLEVEL:2]
[METAL_ARMOR_LEVELS]
[LBSTEP:MAX]
[LAYER:OVER]
[COVERAGE:100]
[LAYER_SIZE:10]
[LAYER_PERMIT:100]
[MATERIAL_SIZE:9]
[METAL]
[HARD]
[BARRED]
The Weapons: (not including stupidly OP 30mm Siege Rifle)
item_weapon
[OBJECT:ITEM]
[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_HAMMER_OBLITERATOR]
[NAME:obliterator:obliterators]
[SIZE:900]
[SKILL:HAMMER]
[TWO_HANDED:62500]
[MINIMUM_SIZE:45000]
[MATERIAL_SIZE:6]
[ATTACK:BLUNT:50:200:crush:crushes:NO_SUB:3500]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SWORD_SHREDDER]
[NAME:shredder:shredders]
[SIZE:700]
[SKILL:SWORD]
[TWO_HANDED:42500]
[MINIMUM_SIZE:37500]
[MATERIAL_SIZE:3]
[ATTACK:EDGE:40000:4000:rend:rends:NO_SUB:2000]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
[ATTACK:EDGE:20:6000:drive:drives:NO_SUB:3000]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
[ATTACK:BLUNT:20000:3000:sweep:sweeps:flat:1000]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
[ATTACK:BLUNT:100:1000:strike:strikes:pommel:1500]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_DEVESTATOR]
[NAME:devestator:devestators]
[SIZE:1500]
[SKILL:AXE]
[TWO_HANDED:77500]
[MINIMUM_SIZE:52500]
[MATERIAL_SIZE:6]
[ATTACK:EDGE:25000:8000:shear:shears:NO_SUB:2500]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
[ATTACK:BLUNT:20000:6000:strike:strikes:shaft:1250]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_AXE_REAVER]
[NAME:reaver axe:reaver axes]
[SIZE:1750]
[SKILL:AXE]
[TWO_HANDED:77500]
[MINIMUM_SIZE:52500]
[MATERIAL_SIZE:9]
[ATTACK:EDGE:90000:8000:hack:hacks:NO_SUB:3000]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
[ATTACK:BLUNT:90000:8000:smash:smashes:flat:2000]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
[ATTACK:EDGE:50:1000:strike:strikes:spike:1250]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
I don't really know any good ways to test this stuff, so if anyone wants to try it out and let me know what they think, I'd appreciate it.