7/24 Fiora Update: We're getting there!!!!
So, I previously posted this: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/aZM1nEqb-fiora-good-changes-on-a-bad-design-723-update
For all the moaning and complaining of Riot not responding to User demand I have to say that so far they've responded incredibly quickly to it. Since it's been posted on the 21st the changes were done rather rapidly and this, this really pleases me. But as I've stated before I still have grievances against the design itself.
But if these changes were made when the following was said:
"That being said, we most likely will not be moving the hair part to where it was originally. Those are geometry changes that affect the UV's of the model and it can cause some compounding issues with the model itselve and rigging that was done to add a bit of bounce to her hair (from a technical standpoint it means re-exporting/deleting animations and that can gum up the process). There were also some deliberate design choices made there that can be elaborated on in later posts."
Then I don't think it's too far out of the question to say that other changes can be made to the design itself and I have some recommendations which... I bothered to do in MS Paint. I can't say I know much about how models are imported but I do know a little about design.
I borrowed some inspiration from this thread: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/hkklesEZ-recreating-fiora-models
For this: http://i.imgur.com/i2D2eg8.jpg
I feel overall things are bland and needed to be a little busier but not much busier. I added her house crest along her collar because I thought it would have been a cool implementation to place there considering that it appears in her kit, her splash her, her preview art but not her model.
I feel the color scheme should be at least similar and that her shoulder pads should be less dramatic. A top down view matters but they look almost W.O.W levels of crazy to me. Somethings were changed to look a little more symmetrical. Or to add a little more similarity to the old model. Also boots.
No matter what, she needs a pair of boots. Something like the old model.
I'm not sure if this is a waste of time or what but... I feel that if you like it or think its crap, you should post and be heard.
