If I may say, these Elder Wood skins are by far my favorites.

Rew711··51 votes·20,128 views

Whoever did the art on this:

http://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/img/champion/splash/Bard_1.jpg

Should be put in a hall of fame. This "random" skin put tears to my eyes. I'd never seen something so well made in a long time. The skin shows not much difference to the original animations and yet it feels different because of the look. And then Riot comes out with this beauty:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NCuTfigEJew/Vk1hGHBAwCI/AAAAAAAA0xs/aPJhMqPnvUY/s1600/Hecarim_Splash_5.jpg

I can't even hold my breath much longer. The skin is perfect for Hecarim. Now, if I may ask can you guys make a Elderwood Skin for:

Swain because I see how this might turn a head in wonder.

The Elderwood skins should not be given to champs who are already apart of the forest: a.k.a Zyra and/or Maokai.

Yorick (as he is now) could get a Elderwood skin because even with changes, his core mechanic is to grant a pet. In doing this, you can just give one out and by the time you want to work with him you can change the model into what he will be. Its been stated he's not even in development so don't punish him for it.

and lastly, please make one for either Gnar Ezreal Twitch or Teemo. Twitch has only gotten one skin since his change, he could use another. Or even better, we can add Kennen to this list of possibilities.

But, most of all. DO NOT RUSH IT! You guys NEED to take your time every now and then. Think about things not from a critical point of view, but from a view point of how you would see something if you had never seen it before. Think of what could be done. Ask yourself if it fits in with the other two, or is suppose to be different.

And lastly, have fun.

Thanks for reading.

47 Comments

NazZomLord21 votes

Nautilus <---- my personal wish for Elderwood.

Ghostvoider Rick1 votes

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Du Ma Mi2 votes

Lumberjack Canadian Nautilus?

lonyo1 votes

he should be lumberjack only so he can sing "I'm a lumberjack and i'm ok "

MohawkBird1 votes

That would look amazing. Some sort of Treant or Ent type creature would be a good theme on him.

RiotKindlejack15 votes

We are so glad you like them! I shared this thread with the skins team and they were all really happy so thanks for taking the time to post. Personally I'd like to do more because I am a big fan of things like Thornwatch and Pan's Labyrinth. I would never have thought of Nautilus but that could be so cool!

Gapybo5 votes

Could Blackthorn Morgana be considered an elder wood skin? Also these champions could be great for an elder wood skin: Lissandra Aatrox Blitzcrank Amumu Fiddlesticks Elise TahmKench

BottleCapster1 votes

Elder Wood Lissandra would murder me soo good. That is like the perfect concept for her!

Sevixys1 votes

Aatrox, gosh [zombie-brand-mindblown]

SpecterVonBaren4 votes

We can probably look at Blackthorn as the anti-thesis to the Elderwood line. Elderwood are mysterious protectors of the forest while Blackthorn are encroaching corruption from the forest.

Kereda4 votes

I think what makes me like the Hecarim skin is that it kind of reminds me of a Magic the Gathering card. I feel like there's a specific card that looks a lot like this but I don't recall the name. Definitely a great splash.

RiotKindlejack4 votes

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I think what makes me like the Hecarim skin is that it kind of reminds me of a Magic the Gathering card. I feel like there's a specific card that looks a lot like this but I don't recall the name. Definitely a great splash.

Victor did an amazing job. It reminds me of a few cards for design/atmosphere; Gaea's Revenge, Briarhorn, Great Sable Stag, Ashaya, the Awoken World as well as the forest guardians from Maleficent, Shadow of the Colossus and Princess Mononoke. It also reminds me of the MtG artists Kev Walker and John Avon in it's controlled use of colour. Notice that the forest colours compliment the skin - The Elderwood could have a lot of different spots with different flora and fauna >:)

DwarvenGiant3 votes

I'm so glad Victor now makes official splashes. I mean, I saw his fan GP splash a few months ago and I was like "Whoa, this looks so official, Riot must notice this and consider him for the job".

Lucifer1 votes

What are the chances we can get an Elderwood Janna ;-; ? It totally fits her lore, and Janna needs a new skin!

BladeSteel3 votes

I like the idea of an Anivia elderwood skin. Idk if it would really work, but i think it would be really cool

Bixits1 votes

Her wall could be a wall of thorns, I think it would be cool!

Snake Town1 votes

HOLY CRAP ELDERWOOD NAUTILUS PLEASE!!!!!!

Favorite skin line + Favorite champ = OP

lonyo1 votes

Elderwood bard is that for me

in fact this skin line convinced me to get hecram simply for the skin

KING OF MASKS3 votes

Not before you release Anchorman Nautilus! C'mon, you need to get on that already.

Meep Man2 votes

The Elderwood Hecarim splash is, without a doubt, the BEST splash in the game so far in my eyes

TurquoiseYoshi6 votes

I have to agree. Elderwood Hecarim could actually challenge and beat Arcade as his best skin.

Bear Juice4 votes

I must disagree nothing beats arcade Hecarim, that may just be because I think of this song every time I see him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUl9_5kK9ts

Darius Strada1 votes

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I have to agree. Elderwood Hecarim could actually challenge and beat Arcade as his best skin.

Headless FTWHecarim

Fowus6 votes

I think elderwood Thresh would be nice

Lord Milutin3 votes

I agree with the OP. These skins are beyond awesome! We have: Bard - Support Hecarim - Jungle I would love to see: Varus - Marksman Lissandra - Middle Illaoi - Top (of course, after this they can expand it even more.)

Teslablade2 votes

Elderwood Malzahar

Sevixys1 votes

That would be pretty Damn suitable! If any human, it's gotta be malz.

Big Lincoln2 votes

Would love a Karthus skin for this theme

Vier2 votes

I think Elderwood Anivia would be pretty awesome, made out of oak with cherry blossoms on her.

Lüc2 votes

Love the Elderwood line.

Would be amazing to see an Elderwood Lissandra Lissandra

I imagine Lissandra being themed around an ice/crystal wyvern graveyard/forest.

Her q would be an icicle wyvern talon or a frozen tree branch. Her w would keep you in the clutches of a magicked dragon claw. Her e would have a frozen dragon taking a bite out of you. and her r would entomb you in an ancient tree wrapped by a frozen wyvern.

A light fog and frozen leaves would float among her icicles and branches as she glided along. She'd wear the horned skull of a fallen ice wyvern, a furry grey mane along with a gown of (lightish)blues, grays and whites patterned with glittering dragon scales (I imagine her more ethereal than dark), whispy pale skin, etc.

I could really see this fitting with the Elderwood line as a grand icy forest spirit.

Hoodwink1 votes

I main Bard and I love playing with the Elderwood skin, it makes everything 100% better. Even the little details can be appreciated due to how nice they are.

I also made the splash art my phone's screensaver. :)

Solari Fortune1 votes

All I know, we need a god dam size chart for the champs. Look at the size of Hec!

Virgin Ray1 votes

Tru tru, but what really scratches the back of my head is why the two splash arts aren't related in any way. Like I mean Elderwood Bard is in a blue and purple forest, which looks really boutiful. But Hecarims doesn't make any sense and looks like a regular forest.

BottleCapster1 votes

The Elderwood Line seems to portray the champions as guardians of the forest. Its quite possible they don't all protect the same neck of the woods, maybe they don't even exist within the same forests. Similar to how it was believed that individual lakes had spirits connected to them, so too could this version of Runeterra's woods. It also means we could get a lot of different types of Trees and plantlife to incorporate into each individual Elderwood skin.

lonyo1 votes

i think Bard is fall and Hecram is summer/spring

lonyo1 votes

each elder wood skin is active during a different season

Punkkee1 votes

Maokai

RetroRage961 votes

I love the Riot art team. They're so good. But yeah, Nautilus? I think so. He completely fits the kind of slow, quiet, hulking figure that the other two champs given Elderwood skins have.

And hot damn I wanna see that wood anchor.

DwarvenGiant1 votes

Yorick

Its been stated he's not even in development so don't punish him for it.

They actually never said such a thing since they started working on him again 8 months ago, or so I remember. :P

SpecterVonBaren1 votes

Elderwood TahmKench has a lot of potential. I'd love to see a skin of Tahm with him being a much more radiant benevolent catfish being with lilies and other water plants growing on him.

A Krampus skin for Tahm when Snowdown arrives would also be pretty cool.

nosafterburn1 votes

Isn't the hec art an easter egg scene from Bambi? I could swore I seen it in there.

RyzeRework1 votes

i think elderwood zyra or some sort of zyra skin is needed she hasnt had in a skin in forever but i think kennen should get something like blue star skin where his abilties would be more blue and prominent

Conncept1 votes

Instead of doing a 'five of' like they do with EVERY skin set, they should do this in a set of four, for the four seasons. Bard is fall, Hecarim is summer, so we need a barren winter skin and a flowery spring skin.

Chespin20131 votes

I want Elderwood skins for these champs :) Ahri Galio Maokai Mordekaiser Skarner Viktor Yorick Zyra Teemo

D5K Disaster1 votes

I love this theme, and would like to see elderwood Kindred , Nocturne , Rengar orThresh. But mostly Thresh .

Blainezy1 votes

Zyra, Lulu and Elderwood Diana!

SanD451 votes

elderwood bard....I swear I've seen this before in some single player game.

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