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@RiotKateyKhaos MechaZeroSion's colors look off to me.

Veraska·3/22/2016, 6:12:40 PM·17 votes·7,180 views

The other mecha skins are silvers, blues, and orange highlights, while mecha zero is an invert of the colors, while that in itself isn't a bad thing as its a legendary And should stand out from the pack, but his base color shade is just kinda strange looking,

The Orange to me reads very "construction equipment" like something you would see ok a crane and sion the blood thirsty juggernaut and even as a mechanic wants to decimate and destroy stuff, feels wrong to me,

Maybe change the colors a bit, bring the orange to a rustier, darker, or red shade, maybe the greys can go darker too, to make it match up with the deeper shades

I dunno that's my personal feedback, this is Sions 1st skin since his relaunch and I wanted it to be best as possible

PS, didn't know which board to put this in, I went with story, art, and sounds, since i think, skins are an art asset, if it should be in another thread let me know

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Ebonmaw Dragon3/22/2016, 6:25:03 PM12 votes

You have to consider the "hidden lore" of the Mecha Skins, they all were constructed by the Yordles. Heimerdinger, Ziggs and Rumble to be exact.

If you take into account that the Yordles are not a bellic race, it makes sense for them to create Mechas for "construction works" that later evolved into war machines as seen in the Mecha Kha, Aatrox and Malphite. Since The Prototype 00 was the first created, it's possible that he was created for the transportation of construction materials (and construction works)... therefore, they used "construction equipement like colors" for his design.

Remember: The Mecha 00 is not the real Sion, but an upgrated version of him, created by Yordles. Which means that the Prototype 00 is not "the blood thirsty juggernaut" that you know.

Riotmoonstones3/22/2016, 8:31:41 PM6 votes

Thanks for sharing your feedback!

For this skin, we realized a lot of his other skins were pretty dark, and we wanted this one to be a bit different and stand out. The colors were intention, and we wanted him to be a bit brighter. For instance, Mecha Malphite is a pretty bright purple!

I can see where you're coming from, though. I'd be happy to toss along your feedback about the colors. :)

Rolling Girl3/23/2016, 6:29:47 PM1 votes

I really love this skin and am very excited for it! I'm not dissatisfied with the palette itself but I feel like the brightness of the orange makes the big guy feel too "new". The name and the implied lore seems to suggest that he was some kind of prototype that was deemed unstable (probably something to do with wanting to destroy humanity) and locked away in a manner that mirrors regular Sion's rebirth and subsequent imprisonment in his tomb (good job on that by the way). So, you'd expect his paint job and such to reflect that. There are some minor chips and whatnot but due to how small the models are when you're actually in game it's hard to notice! I think more edge wear and such on his texture could take this skin from amazing and make it perfect Sion

InHaruhiWeTrust3/23/2016, 8:21:36 PM1 votes

the only problem i have with mech sion is that they left all of his base/attack animations which look too organic for a mech and just looks awkward to me. example would be his idle animation slowing moving up and down, his attacks having the kind of slingshot animation when he punches or side swipes with his axe, his shoulder bash against the tower also looks a bit off the way he bonces off. his axe swing into the turret is the only one that looks right to me, but his biggest problem has to be his passive. parts of his body that aren't supposed to bend(since they are metal, and not flesh) is very obvious and doesn't fit the skin at all imo. this is probably something to big to change at this point, but it's gonna keep me personally from buying the skin.