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* The design of weapons and enemies in ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' immediately informs much of their history just by look alone. The Grineer clone corps are covered in battle-worn armor and carry old equipment with heavy weathering (most notable on [[DefectorFromDecadence Kahl-175]] and his heavily scarred armor and weapons). Even their elites look like they've just come off the field. Corpus technology is in ''much'' better condition, befitting their hypercapitalistic drive for novelty. Tenno weapons are elegant and typically appear factory-new, with little to no scarring whatsoever, reflecting their origins as a type of warrior caste for the Orokin as well as the fact that most of these weapons are built by the Tenno themselves in their personal foundries. The least scarred would be Orokin Prime technology itself, looking less like weapons or equipment and more like works of art that just happen to kill people.

* In the DarkestHour of ''ComicBook/FearItself'', Captain America's Shield gets [[TheWorfEffect utterly shattered]] by the Serpent. In the leadup to the final battle, the dwarves reforge it but in haste left a crack running from the edge to the center. They offer to buff it out, but Cap keeps it because he feels it adds character.

* Many Franchise/{{Transformers}} characters have damage on their armor from the [[ForeverWar millions-of-years long]] war for Cybertron on their body. In fact, the 2018-2020 ''War for Cybertron'' toyline features painted-on scars and scuff marks as a selling point, along with “fire blast” effect parts that can be attached to represent them taking more damage.

* Gun skins in ''VideoGame/{{PAYDAY2}}'' can range from looking heavily worn to being in pristine condition.

* The pilot suits and space suits worn by the mechanics in the anime adaptation of ''Manga/KnightsOfSidonia'' are all rather scratched and battered from constantly being re-used. Averted by the mechs themselves, especially later of as new models are introduced.
* The title character of ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'' has two odd nubs on his helmet. They are what's left of the horns that used to be affixed to said helmet. He hasn't bothered replacing them.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': The BloodKnight Zaraki's SoulCuttingBlade has a ragged, pitted edge, as though ruined by innumerable battles. Since it's an extension of his soul and is powered by his spirit energy, it's got enough AbsurdCuttingPower to shear through buildings anyway.
* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', Inosuke's dual katanas are so chipped and worn from combat that they look like saws. Comically when he receives two brand new katana, he picks up a rock and chips the blade until they look like the old ones, right in front of the outraged swordsmith who made them.
* The Franchise/{{Garo}} armor as it appears in the first half of ''Anime/GaroTheAnimation'' is scarred with VolcanicVeins due to its wearer, [[TroubledButCute Leon]], running on ThePowerOfHate until he receives a hefty dose of character development that also changes his armor.

-->-- Two high ranking soldiers point out the NewMeat by their lack of this trope, ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E5Rookies Rookies]]"

* The title character of ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'' has two odd nubs on his helmet. They are what's left of the horns that used to be affixed to said helmet. He hasn't bothered replacing them.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'': The Black Knight's armour has two visible scars on it, one across the chest, and one on the helmet, the same spots that Ike would hit when using his Aether skill.