@IronStylus: Some thoughts regarding the Piltover Aesthetic.

Slovakattack·2/28/2014, 9:53:58 PM·6 votes·2,421 views

First off: This is my first time here. Pretty cool website. :3

I love the look and feel that you guys have finally decided on for the Piltover aesthetic. (I've dubbed it: Tomorrowland-punk, based off the popular Disney attraction that features a similar aesthetic.) That being said, I'd like to throw a few thoughts your way.

Blitzcrank is one of the few remaining champions that defy this look, and i'm preeeeety sure he's up for a VU at some point. When he gets a VU eventually, make sure to keep the feeling that he wasn't ever designed for combat! (This is currently shown in his awkward duck waddling movement animation, and just as awkward outline in general. He looks like he was made for heavy lifting, not combat, and that is as it should be.

Thought number two: Have you guys considered making a champion that is entirely a creation of Viktor's? The juxtaposition of the younger, more hopeful Viktor's philosophy in creating Blitzcrank with his current design philosophy ("Function over form") would be incredible to see in a new champion, Blitzcrank's "brother." (or sister.) I am aware that the battle-cast aesthetic is somewhat representative of this, but I feel that the requirement to hold to another champion's outline does limit it in some respects.

Thought three: Caitlyn's hat is both iconic and... well, kinda stupid. Have you thought about making it a 'gadget hat', with a scope attached? When she does her ult, she could even have a visor of some sort drop down. This would allow her to have a sort of hovering 'virtual scope' in place of what she has now. Transfering the 'gadgetry utility' from her gun to her hat and uniform would allow you to clean up the gun's look and shape and keep it in line with the "Tomorrowland-punk" feel. She could have things like an "auto-reloader" robot arm attached to her side that takes ammo clips from her waist and reloads her weapons for her, or stabilizers in her leggings that come down when she uses her ult.

11 Comments

RiotIronStylus3/1/2014, 9:10:59 AM6 votes

I like that term. Pretty cool!

I think the idea of Blitz not looking like he's meant for combat is pretty key. There's an aspect that makes him sorta feel industrial in a way, not like he's some murder bot. He's somewhere between Commander Data and the Iron Giant, I think we can hit that home a bit better.

Not really, at least not yet. There's some other holes in those stories with Viktor that we'd like to see filled first. I think there's more characters to add to that chunk of story before we insert a straight addition of a Viktor-bot, or whatever. That said, I think maybe we could add in some things that he's helped create, or people he's helped facilitate. There's some ideas I have there. Maybe somewhere down the line there could be room for.. basically Blitzcrank's nemesis.. or something.. which would be pretty cool. But I think we have some robot saturation with Battlecast stuff at the moment.

While I think Cait needs an update, I really am not terribly fond of making her too gadgety. Some stuff on her that helps her reload, cool. Maybe some utility there and in the gun, but honestly, I think we need to move away from the "contraptiony" Piltover stuff, and really dig into that sleeker hextech look. Whatever it might be. I also think Heimer is covering gadget-stuff coming out of people's heads for now :P

ModCaptainMårvelous3/1/2014, 1:55:14 AM5 votes

Well if you want to be technical...

1.) Blitzcrank is actually created in Zaun and, as such, is a creation of them. While the two have similar art styles, I'd definitely say Blitz fits more to the Zaunite look than Piltoverian

2.) Again, Blitzcrank is actually a creation of Viktor, just not 100%. I think he worked on a team but sort of stole credit for it.

3.) Caitlyn's hat is only silly looking because of how large it is. Tone it down to a non-comical size and hey, she's looking prim and proper.

Still, you make some good points and I'll try to get Ironstylus to see this.