I disliked the way the vanilla coat of plates looked like in comparison to the new armor textures, so I recolored and re-patterned them a bit to look more like the rest of the armor. I rushed it a bit, so I might go back and change the specular to be a bit less shiny, but in the mean time these are as-is.
Download:
http://www.gamefront.com/files/21823347/coat_of_plates.rar
To install, open up the .rar (needs winrar) and drop the two files into your modules/dev1257/textures folder. Replace the files. Keep in mind that when you update your svn they will get overwritten and you'll need to install them again.
Screenshots:
Some Guy (
) wearing the black coat of plates
"red" coat of plates