Just some Morde VU I sketched^^

Malicious Metal·Aug 28, 2016·57 votes·1,942 views

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28 Comments

LatetotheRaceAug 29, 201613 votes

Where are the pizza feet?!?!?

Malicious MetalAug 29, 20165 votes

They joined Taric's and Sion's in the beyond.

JacknifeAug 29, 20169 votes

Neat design, but I have two criticisms, if I may.

First, it's not a good idea for him to have spikes on the sides of his legs or calves. However small, if he ever has to put his hands near his hips or thighs, or even put his legs together, he's going to hurt himself. Big no-no.

Second could be classified as me being nit-picky, but that's not a good spot for Morde to be holding his mace. Maces need to rely entirely on the force of the owner's swing to do damage, and because of how long the hilt is, a fair amount of the weight is put behind Mordes grasp. This forces his swings to lose power, simply because the weight isn't distributed toward the hitting end. If it was a staff or he was two-handing it, it'd be fine, but neither are the case.

I hope you don't take this the wrong way. It's all unwarranted criticism, and undeserved, but I only say this so your design's in the future can improve. :D

EvewynnAug 29, 20165 votes

1: he is a suit of armor. There is essentially 0 chance of him hurting himself on those tiny spikes, and he may not even feel actual pain.

2: he is just holding it for dramatic effect. It is obviously designed as a two-handed mace (even though I'm sure he could easily use it in one hand). If he was swinging it, or in a more combat-ready stance, I'm sure he'd be holding it more properly. It's not like a sword where there're pretty much only one way to casually hold it.

JacknifeAug 29, 20166 votes

Close, he's a suit of armor that USED to go on a human body, if his lore has anything to say about it. Wraith Mordekaiser may not feel pain, but human Mordekaiser did, albeit barely. You have to take the character's backstory into account when making versions of the character, otherwise you'll miss the mark. Even if it's extremely minor, full-body armor that could potentially harm the wearer is just bad design.

As for the rest say what you will, I did say it was me being nit-picky. He does look like he's making an action pose, so he's probably just trying to be intimidating.

Doctor DymentAug 29, 20166 votes

I think he needs to look a bit... heavier. The chest plate looks good and the shoulders are nice, but I wish the abdomen and stomach area was a bit wider. It'd give it more of a "hulking suit of armor" look.

JacknifeAug 29, 20161 votes

Not a bad thought, it would make him seem bigger and intimidating, but I like the idea of having his armor tough, yet form-fitting, so his movement isn't restricted so much. It was made in a much earlier time in Runeterra's history, so you could get away with a bulkier and somewhat simplistic design.

Malicious MetalAug 29, 20161 votes

I always liked the idea of him having a rather slim abdomen to reinforce the notion that he's just a hollow suit of armour.^^

Malicious MetalAug 29, 20161 votes

Yes, they'd probably get in the way but they do give him a more spiky shilouette, might need to revise the design a tad.
I agree, yet this is deliberately so for three reasons: Firstly it allows me to draw him without the mace obscuring any part of his armor. He'd still be resting the hunk of metal on his shoulder

Secondly; it's more of an action pose to make him seem more intimidating/give him a somewhat broader stance

Lastly but not least; I totally forgot to put more detail into the mace, he'd be grasping it at the bottom and not the middle; artistic fail on my part^^'

AFK PushAug 29, 20161 votes

With him being just a spirit in a giant suit of armor, and being the embodiment of pain and suffering, I'm pretty sure the more spikes the better lol.

crippler38Aug 29, 20163 votes

neato so rito take a seato and update numero uno.

Whyte LyonAug 29, 20163 votes

Rito, I would literally give you all my money if you name the next Morde skin after OP.

Fat Bastard GODAug 29, 20162 votes

Awesome!

ZonkmanAug 28, 20161 votes

Hot.

ChaosThiefAug 29, 20161 votes

Uhh... question... can you color this at all?

cinomenapplebaeAug 29, 20161 votes

yes

ArakadiaAug 29, 20161 votes

Pretty neat, you should add some sharing right next to each plate of armor.

The LovelessAug 29, 20161 votes

Reasonable size. Boots much better.

MordepoolAug 29, 20161 votes

Hey thats really good.

Troll for TrumpAug 29, 20161 votes

It looks like a BIonicle.

Idk why.

SelegunAug 29, 20161 votes

Great art to be sure! When I get home I'll have to add this as one of my desktop backgrounds.

HyperZEROXLAug 29, 20161 votes

No pizza feet!!!! [slayer-pantheon-rainbows]

GULAG 4 UAug 29, 20161 votes

Lord mordekaiser skin??

Legacy HydralphaAug 29, 20161 votes

While not perfect, still a great VU. Can you work at Riot and replace CertainlyT? Give us the Morde we need.

LilStacey87Aug 29, 20161 votes

Great artwork! It's 10x better than what I could've done.

ThePartyLeaderAug 29, 20161 votes

Metal!

AzteryzAug 29, 20161 votes

i like it

but i have this weird idea where he looks like an average dark knight but the more his shield bar increases the more armor pieces that start to form on him

so at 0 shielding take for example it looks like your sketch

but at 100% shield he gets more armor piece layers and looks even bulkier

http://orig13.deviantart.net/d326/f/2015/204/8/6/mordekaiser_by_hoasind-d92i0xb.jpg

like maybe it turns into this^^

this could also be epic for his future skins making each new one always worth