Program Azir skin concept
Hello everyone!
So I have been thinking about Azir and robotic skins. I am a huge fan of sci-fi, so all the sci-fi skin themes available right now really appeal to me (Battlecast, PROJECT, Program, Mecha,Eternum, Dreadnova) to the point of considering uncloking champions just because of those particular skins. Azir is one of my favourite champions, and he reminds me a lot of the Necrons from Warhammer 40,000 (altough his Gravelord skin already falls into a similar vibe). While his Galactic skin is very based on the 1st Stargat SG1 movie, it comes out as more "sci-fi fantasy" than pure sci-fi (he actually reminds me of the Protoss from Starcraft). So I have been thinking about the other available robotic skin themes, to see which one could fit him better, and I've come to the conclusion the Program theme could fit him the best, for the following reasons:
- Mecha skins are usually reserved for tanky champions, Battlecast to monstrous ones, and Eternum for those with a tail. Azir would therefore only fit on Program or PROJECT.
- The Program theme makes the champions actual robots -as opposed to PROJECT, which makes them cyborgs- that are marketed as civillian or military consumer products: Azir could easily be envisioned as a tactical or even government AI which uses proxies (soldiers and turrets) to intervene, maybe as a law enforcement AI. He could even be a "risky" AI, that could one day decide to rule the world... Which would fit with his original theme as an Emperor.
- PROJECT champions tend to have a more "physical" approach to combat, while the Program ones tend to be mages (with the exception of Camille). Azir is an Unique champion, but his abilities are more closely related to those of mages (in a very wide sense) as they create zonal effects instead of empowering his weapons.
- These robots have loads of "floating" parts which are not in physical contact to each other, just like Azir's staff and passive turret, which would make animations easier to re-create.
With this in mind, this is how I envision Program Azir to look like (I will try to upload some drawings if I have time):
- As the rest of the Program line: smooth android surfaces, mostly white (Azir does not have white skins as of now), and some orange parts. His decorative "tails" become loose cables like with other Program skins.
- His "ears" and the pieces that form the point of his staff are floaty and feature some bluish holograms. His passive turret follows the same theme, and the central "gun" could become a spherical robotic eye (example): this would reinforce the concept of Azir as a law enforcement AI that oversees everything.
- His soldiers become law enforcement androids, featuring a similar design than him (example). These would emerge and dissapear with blue-ish hologram effects.
- His recall ability could involve him being surrounded by connection cables that emerge from the ground, and holographic screens that pop out all around him, reenacting his work as a surveillance/government AI. He could interact with these screens before his whole control station descends into the ground.
What do you guys think?