Art Poll: Signature Characters

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See him? I want his shoulders. Preferably without the shoulder fur. Just those shoulders.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

+1

Foreshadow can go die in a fire.

To be fair, I want his arms. He's using the Robotic Arms tech to get much more muscular arms than his model physique should allow. I'd kill to get those arms on a couple of my female characters, since even at max "muscle," their arms are still toothpicks.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

I want his Belt and helmet (Helmet without fur)

Mirror Spirit I like more than Ghost Widow.

Foreshadow has higher quality parts than anyone, BUT I wouldn't say his design is the most iconic.

Personal top 3 guys;

1. Recluse
2. Noble Savage (Asymmetry!!)
3) Black Scorpion

Best NPC non-sig?
The Olympian Guards



These guys just RADIATE faceless menace. (And god do they deliver >_< )

Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

The belt we're unlikely to get because of the cape rigs attached to it, though I might kind of see this belt being given out sans those. Am I wrong or is he using the same belt as Sister Airlia? Wait, no, he's not. His is a Samurai-like belt with side guards. OK, I want it, too

As for the helmet, I think that's actually a regular helmet with regular horns but a unique face plate. The Roman Armour set comes with its own face plate for Half Helmets, and I just think that Rommie gets his own, fancier one. And, yes, I would want this, too.

Those guys look like they're from a completely different game... Than the background they show up against! I hadn't seen those before, but I agree - THIS is faceless menace in its purest form. Awesomesauce!

I hope more people have this reaction so we can get rid of this stupid meme quicker.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

We've been on the subject a while, and I've said pretty much all I can on the topic, but to recap:

--This has never been, nor will it ever be the way we evaluate pieces. We make sets according to a theme, and that's ultimately what helps decide reflectivity levels.
--I've heard plenty of requests for a matte Metallic option, so I will pitch that to the team. Cheers.

These guys are meant to be souless, pumped-up versions of Cole. Glad that's working for you.

The only crit I'd make from an aesthetic point of view is to make the visor/hole black. Right now it looks like it's a one-piece helm with no actual gaps. Having this apparently empty, black hole where the eyes and such should be would be even better

Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

And I appreciate it, David, honestly. I hope my post didn't come off as a troll, as it wasn't intended to be one. I'm just trying to put my feelings and concerns down as clearly as I can. I'm glad you're sticking to artistic merit first and foremost, as that's one of the primary reasons I'd still vote you as my favourite red name

I know we've been over the "shininess" argument quite a few times, and I can see how you may be more than a little tired of it. And I can't really blame you, we do tend to go on, especially the TechBot and I, it seems. We share a pet peeve, maybe? So no worries here. You've handled the thread marvellously from where I'm sitting, and I look forward to your future posts.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

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You do realize that three of the four examples you give are painted, not bare metal, and the only one that is bare metal is cast iron, which has had no finishing applied beyond having the molding sand scrubbed off? Painted surfaces are going to have significantly-different reflective properties than bare-metal surfaces.

I don't think the art team is fixated on shiny and ornate costume pieces so much as the advances in rendering technology is allowing them to add the costume pieces that they couldn't do in the past because the rendering engine wouldn't support it. Look back at the costume pieces that were available when CoH released; you had 'Metallic' and 'Medieval Armor', and that was pretty much it for 'shiny'. All of the other metal pieces were dull and flat, sometimes -- as with the 'steampunk' pieces, to such a degree that they soak up any color you try to apply to them.

Consider also that a character's costume is supposed to be iconic; which hero presents a more compelling figure -- the one who is clad in polished, gleaming armor, or the one that looks as if he barely survived his last fight, with dents and scrapes and rips and tears all over? It's one of the tropes of the superhero genre that damage to your costume disappears when it's no longer significant to the plot.

I expect that, once the art department has gotten over the first flush of 'look what we can do now', they'll go back and address some of the other issues people have raised about the costume items. In the meantime, if you don't like them, don't use them.

The ones mentioned the most so far are Statesman and Foreshadow.

Yeah, but which Foreshadow version?

His Korean Costume, the one he showed up in the Cinematic trailer with?

Or the.. ahem... THING... he got shoved into because somebody in marketing thought his Korean look wouldn't go over well outside of Korea?

For me, it's the sleek simple design that sets Ghost Widow apart. It's not too busy(like ulterior and exo proto and even stealth options are busy) and relatively uniform in theme without being to flashy. Her outfit is just subtle and makes sense as looking functional. Her outfit even tops her more human alternate Belladona Vetrano.

I like the new look for Mother Mayhem as well. It fits her well with the slutty look that suits her desire to be "loved by everyone", whether they want to or not.


My actual favorite female character design is Numina. I like the semi-transparent look very much, and she also has a relatively simple functional outfit. Gravity powers are just cool too(if I remember correctly that she has them).


As for favorite male design, it has to be Tyrant-Emperor Marcus Cole in his golden armor. It really suits his actions and personality while also being one very nice outfit, which looks functional yet again. I would love those gauntlets and shin-guards around his forearms and shins for my own character as well as the chest-plate.

Why can't we have rather simple and smooth metallic armor pieces like that?
It would be awesome especially if we had a lot of texture options for putting something like metallic versions of the chest emblems on both the chest-plate and gauntlets and shin-guards.
I would so pay for that in the new Paragon Market immediately.
"Just take my money, please just give me those costume pieces! I'm begging you!"


I'm definitely a sucker for simple-fancy outfits that look like they would actually be comfortable and easy to fight in. That's why I use the metallic tights most common, fancy and shiny yet simple and comfortable(I imagine it as a sort of liquid metal skin). I also love sleek non-segmented armor pieces.




Edit:

This is what I absolutely NEED:
http://wiki.cohtitan.com/w/images//0/0a/Tyrant.png

That armor is absolutely amazing. Maybe the shoulders are a bit bulky, but I want the chest-piece, gauntlets(or are they bracers?) and shin-guards, without being stuck with the leather boots underneath on any of those pieces please(I want my own under-layer).
I would love to put them on the current segmented full metallic tights, or a new non-segmented version(yes please).

Please!!!!!????? Pretty please with sugar on top and a cherry!?


Edit 2:
I actually like the way the metallic tights look most with reflections off as a graphical option. It looks more like actual metal, more of that "matte metal" look you(Noble Savage) were posting about(in my opinion). I prefer that metallic look over anything else, with a close second being the widow tights that don't change with reflection settings but seem slightly too shiny so that you lose the detail of the contours.
I would love the same sort of "shine" of the basic metallic tights to be applied to those smooth armor pieces like those Emperor Cole-Tyrant has if/when we get them.

Pleas and thank you from the bottom of my heart if I can at least purchase these armor pieces in a booster/paragon market a.s.a.p. for use with metallic tights.

Sirrocco , Foreshadow. Males. War Witch second female.

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow City of Heroes is a game about freedom of expression and variety of experiences far more so than it is about representing any one theme, topic or genre.