These designs were made up by the writing team. We had a meeting where we discussed details like this and one of the lead female writers went on some rant about the patriarchy and it evolved into making the oppressive Nilfgaard into literal "dickheads" with shriveled scrotum's for armor. Any attempts to push this off by those of us who are familiar with the subject matter were immediately overruled by the majority female team leads.
So that is why you get this.
I wanted to quit on the spot because my soul is just crushed working in this shithole, but I don't have anything lined up at this point.
I don't know what you're expecting. The nilfgardians are going to be nazi allegories.
Camden Gray
They don't look anything like nazis, though
Liam Mitchell
the woman's artistic renaissance means not only rendering the vagina, but the penis as well
Noah Turner
Couldn't this very easily be some mockup armor that is used for early choreography to get the extras used to the bulkiness? In the video clip it looks like they're just fucking around not even filming a scene.