Nocember Challenge; Armor Class!

Hey duderz. My challenge is Altered Armor. This can be fantasy or sci-fi. The goal is to take a suit of armor and modify it in any way you see fit, be it to improve or damage the armor. Examples might be a suit of classical armor modified to fit into a steam punk setting, or perhaps a military body armor altered to protect against toxic zombies. The armor could be altered due to a creature or spirit that inhabits the armor itself. The key is to have a pre-existing thing that has been changed. For this reason I recommend some kind of armor based in reality to work from. If the armor does not exist then give examples for the viewer to go from. After all, how can we know if it is altered if we don't know what the original looks like? I don't really have any deadline, because I know we all inhabit the real world, and it is the season of holiday crap. Let's just say Dec 31 2011, just for kicks. I will post an visual example of what I mean soon. Feel free to work in what ever medium you are most comfortable in.