No, the sprites are resized because he's hosting on photobucket with an incorrect file size max. He should change it to 1mb, so it fits.
And I think he's asking for a refurbishing reference..? I'd say...
TienHe doesn't have any armor on, but he could easily be edited to make armor, all you have to know is some basic shading rules for shiny things. I might try something, tomorrow, because, I'm
tired.