What does a Summoner Look Like? (Definitely hoping for some Red Post help)

NatsuTheFaol·6/5/2015, 7:22:59 PM·12 votes·4,762 views

I'm trying to make a costume for a summoner to go with some friends in a LoL group to Dragon*Con. This cinematic is the only real reference I could find (yeah there are summoners on the banner on the profile page in client, and they appear on the trophy for worlds, but those are only from the torso up). I used VLC player to export the video into frame-by-frame shots of the scenes with the summoners here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Byj36ZD7VLqlfmRnQzFfemdocjQ2RHZzQngxdGtZMDJpMVhodUFOSTlkVThKdUJDYzAxS2s

It appears to me that the summoners are all slightly different, with some common traits (purple robe and hooded cloak, gold trim, gold belts with red stones). I've noticed that some of summoners (two in purple and the one in grey) have what appears to be a long shirt, a skirt, and the hooded cloak. It looks like, to me, that the large, muscular summoner just has a long robe with a sleeveless hooded cloak, but one of my co-costumers things he's got a long robe, with a skirt-like thing open at the front and attached at the belt, and his cloak. I can't really get a good view of the front of the other two summoners.

I'm trying to get some more information on how the basic summoner is set up, but I'm not sure who I would even ask. I imagine the best people to shoot an e-mail to would be some artists at Riot, but I'm not even sure which ones would have worked on the cinematic. Can anyone help me out with that? At the moment, I need to figure out if the summoners all have 3 main pieces to their wardrobe, or if some of them just have two, and I'd love to get a better reference for some of those belts (and maybe some of the gold accents on the robes?). I know there's no way I could get my hands on the models they used in the cinematic, but any help I could get would be great.

Thanks guys!

53 Comments

Ebonmaw Dragon6/5/2015, 11:09:30 PM13 votes

Well... according to the new lore, i guess that they look like this:

https://lh6.ggpht.com/p_4CpEbK-JA2sx_Kq-CVNTqQeiZADrMJKsol-GV8QK8aJ6gCXgTVJ98SdUCmRyUEJUg=w300

Daedalus8716/5/2015, 7:58:06 PM7 votes

Summoners don't exist, so you should dress like a member of the lore team.

NorthernDruid6/5/2015, 10:36:13 PM6 votes

More detailed info would be really nice. I'm planning to make my own summoner cosplay (complete with name tag with my Summoner Name on it) over the summer, and some more detailed description would be great.

I'm planning on just getting a basic purple robe as close to the cinematic as I can get it. But some greater detail on summoner robes and decorations would be sweet.

I'm sure those images you linked are gonna help a bit at least :D

The Soulforged6/5/2015, 10:55:24 PM5 votes

Hoping to make a summoner costume myself. Keep the lore alive.

supes the lost6/6/2015, 6:51:08 PM4 votes

So, this is one of 2 Outtake animations Riot made based off their season 1 Cinematic you got your first set of images and you get some really nice shots of the front of the summoners outfit when the Summoner drops his magic orb at about 0:39 and around 0:46 when said summoner fubbles for his orb. I would also like to say this is what I imagine every time someone disconnects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFy7ocHocd4

333lom6/6/2015, 11:39:22 AM4 votes

I think the 3 pieces of wardrobe you mentioned (long purple robe, hooded cloak and the belt) are the standard uniform for Summoners, then each Summoner chooses which parts to wear, even if they want to rip off the sleeves (like the muscular one). As a sort of self-expression. Either way, I think you can't go wrong, you can choose to be the "formal Summoner" or the more self-expressed one. Have fun making the costume!

Blitzidious6/5/2015, 7:39:09 PM3 votes

Just your average person, with a purple robe.

Tesla Effect6/5/2015, 7:40:41 PM2 votes

Go to the wiki and see.

66499637_DEL6/5/2015, 11:26:11 PM1 votes

There are no summoners, so nothing.

ElJanitorFrank6/6/2015, 5:08:16 AM1 votes

Here's a red post stating what they look like:

Okay but honestly, just go to your profile. Your profile shows an old man in robes, that is a summoner.

The old Nexus used to have summoners around them as well.

And the very first cinematic all had summoners controller the champions.

The only real theme they have is: People in robes.

grumpyfrogy6/5/2015, 8:58:46 PM1 votes

you can see what they look like in the season 1 cinematic trailer

i mean i know you posted that vid right there... but it litreally shows what they look like RIGHT THERE just saying

Tesla Effect6/6/2015, 12:11:51 PM1 votes

Apparently, all of you who downvoted fail to realize what a summoner is. It is not just a person in purple robes working for the Institute it is anyone that uses summoning techniques and controls their minions for battle. Oh well, such simple concepts are too much for you to understand.

CupcakeTrap10/25/2015, 8:27:43 PM1 votes

Hi! Did you manage to get a costume together? I'm planning to go as a Summoner for Halloween. I can't seem to find any suitable hooded/sleeved robes online, so I might have to actually make something real fast. I'd be curious to compare notes.