I love the new Winter Skins! But...

Voidac·Nov 26, 2015·6 votes·6,375 views

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-71xc0MySYws/VlORSbWY9XI/AAAAAAAAIl4/c1Z-usF0CL4/s1600/syndraturn.jpg

Don't Syndra's upper arms look a tad bit too skinny? Just seems a tiny bit off. I like her coat and the vfx look great. The rest of her is fine. But... her upper arms just look like pringles cans...

Maybe that's just me.

Bard tho. Those heals. Oh my.

EDIT: Yeah, I looked at each of her other skins and the base. Other than the base and justicar, her upper arms have a little bit more to them. I don't mean to pick out flaws, I love the work the folks are Riot do. But, it's just... she's wearing a coat and... her arms... skinny as pringles cans in this skin... But seriously, that's my only nitpick. These are some awesome skins and I can't wait to see the splash arts.

23 Comments

RiotmoonstonesNov 30, 20157 votes

Hey Voidac,

Thanks for the feedback! We made some adjustments to the arms today, so you'll see changes on PBE with the next update. ^-^

VoidacDec 1, 20151 votes

Awesome, thanks for the update!

RiotmoonstonesDec 1, 20156 votes

No problem!

S@20 posted a good comparison shot - http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JAbkr0ZXaW4/Vl4SYo8YYYI/AAAAAAAAJNE/-fz80l0cla4/s1600/syndracompare2.jpg

VoidacDec 2, 20151 votes

Yup, I saw it. I'm so glad! Honestly I feel it makes the skin that much better. It looks more like an actual Winter coat now. Thank you and the other talented people at Riot!

(And now begins my wait for another Brand skin... because honestly, Spirit Fire is so damn cool.)

RiotmoonstonesDec 3, 20152 votes

I agree! I think it's something we (the team) may have overlooked 'cause we'd been working on her so long. This is why some fresh eyes is always a good call (PBE, etc). Thanks for the awesome feedback!

[Brand intensifies]

VoidacDec 3, 20151 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HBwQl9eggs

Solidair3Dec 1, 20151 votes

Thanks for passing that along, Katey!

I can't wait for this Syndra skin, and now her arms look great! [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

RiotmoonstonesDec 1, 20152 votes

Any time! ^-^

KjarikDec 1, 20152 votes

Hey Katey! Is it possible to turn Syndra's eyes blue both on splash and in game? Folks already complain she looks stoned.

RiotmoonstonesDec 1, 20153 votes

We don't have plans to adjust the eyes.

For a bit of context here - we did consider other colors for her eyes. The idea behind this skin is for her to be Syndra dressed in snow gear, ready to go out and play, which is why she has her base eye color.

In addition, we didn't change her VO, so we felt her having normal colored eyes wouldn't fit with the personality she has. We wanted the hint of evil to still come through in the skin.

Krys StarDec 1, 20152 votes

To be honest, I'd rather she'd wear googles or something because her face looks GOD AWFUL in the splash art, due to her eyes...

Insane PyromanicDec 2, 20151 votes

most people don't put on colored contacts when they play in the snow XD

Tbh I like how she looks, but that might just be because I like purple eyes.

Krys StarDec 2, 20152 votes

Oh no, don't get me wrong. I LOVE purple (even wish I had purple eyes), but they just look so off with the splash art. Although when I look at it more, there's more detail to Gnar's face, and Bard in general, than in Syndra's face.

Insane PyromanicDec 2, 20152 votes

I agree on her not having much detail, I think she should be much more in focus, hopefully her loading screen cut focuses her in a bit more.

Hello I am BirdDec 2, 20151 votes

The entire eye is purple... There is a difference xD

Insane PyromanicDec 4, 20151 votes

not if you zoom in. Kind of why I wish she had a better focus in the splash, her face has low resolution.

Hello I am BirdDec 5, 20151 votes

Talking about the splash, sorry if I implied anything different :p

Insane PyromanicDec 11, 20151 votes

I'm also talking about the splash. The resolution is absolutely terrible on Syndra's part of the splash. It's why her features don't look very good. They should've had two seprerate images if shes gonna be in the back ground, one high res for her loading splash and the normal one with Bard and Gnar for the shared splash.

IWillNomYou ouoDec 2, 20151 votes

I understand the intent which I honestly like, but the eye color she has right now does not resemble or hint at any evilness she has. I believe that she would only need a small color tweak, a tad darker purple plus tweaking the iris into white, like the classic splash has it (if I am not completely mistaken here).

I really love what you guys do and you made my christmas perfect by creating Snow Day Syndra, for my favourite champion. I can only secretly hope that you folks at riot -may- consider tweaking the eyes a tad~

ModWulf HelhammerNov 26, 20151 votes

I believe from what RiotKateyKhaos has said is that the reason they look smaller is because she doesn't have any armor on her upper arms, unlike the other skins

VoidacNov 26, 20152 votes

I know, but even with Queen and Altantian, the armor curves to the shape of her arm. Hell, Queen doesn't even have armor and it's still better in this aspect.

MarbelaraNov 26, 20151 votes

Quinn is a soldier, scouting in the wilds, with giant eagle frequently catching her by the arms.

I'd say it makes sense for her to be more muscular.

I think it would be a funny twist, actually, if it turned out that Syndra is so absurdly powerful she doesn't even need to walk on ground, but lack of proper muscle training has made her body frail.

Cue noodle hands.

EDIT: Oh goodness, you've meant the skins!

Shame on me item 3151

FasmodeyNov 30, 20152 votes

{quoted}

Quinn is a soldier, scouting in the wilds, with giant eagle frequently catching her by the arms.

I'd say it makes sense for her to be more muscular.

I think it would be a funny twist, actually, if it turned out that Syndra is so absurdly powerful she doesn't even need to walk on ground, but lack of proper muscle training has made her body frail.

Cue noodle hands.

EDIT: Oh goodness, you've meant the skins!

Shame on me

I laughed. Thank you.