Thread:Tesla Effect/@comment-26252250-20150328051037/@comment-26252250-20150418171805

Oh yes indeed...

Janna, Kayle, Tryndamere, Gangplank, Ashe, Katarina, Soraka, Twisted Fate, Nidalee, Annie, Yi, Garen, Twitch, Sona, Singed, Alistar, and Kassadin, all got a much needed polygon increase.

Old Karthus was just your typical skelly lich. New one oozes Shadow Isles. Those who complain about him no longer being "ooo sho myshterious" clearly think that's a perfect excuse for not knowing anything about him. I'll take the Isles' Deathsinger, thank you very much.

Old Maokai was just your typical living tree. New one oozes the struggle between pre-corruption Shadow Isles and their current state.

Old Nasus and Old Renekton were totally-not-Anubis-and-Sobek from a totally-not-Egypt world. New ones ooze Shurima. May Eugene McDaniels rest in peace, but Jonathan Adams man... old Nasus VO was just Gene with an echo, which was nice for its time, but new Nasus VO clearly says "Ascended immortal anthropomorphical jackal."

Old Sivir was totally-not-warrior-princess-Xena. New one oozes Battle Mistress of Shurima.

Old Sion was just undead Ahnold. New one oozes old Hand of Noxus.

With the Y.U.P., Tristana, Heimerdinger, and soon Poppy, and hopefully the rest of the Yordles, will be consistent across the board. More so than Gnar exemplifies prehistoric Yordles.

Hopefully Ryze will look like that 3D sculpt on his Background page. If Riot wants to go about him another way, I trust them 200%.

As for the traditional skins, I see:

- Traditional Karma as the attire and fans her family had in their antique shop in their Navori village. Given Karma's (apparent) old title as "the Dutchess of Ionia" (odd since Elders rule Ionia) one can theorize that outfit and fans are from a really really long time ago when Ionia had an aristocracy (similar to how Old Noxus was governed by a magocracy and then became militarized.)

- Traditional Sejuani as her in her early years when she was still training in the absolute cold (Bristle even seems somewhat younger and cuter) and before she became the leader of the Winter's Claw. I have been entertaining the thought that, right before the start of the civil war, she and her warband raided the frostguard and obtained both the Seeker's Armguard and the armor she now wears (see the "Enter the Freljord" trailer, when Lissandra and the two Frostguard warriors show up, and before they become "darker".)

- Traditional Trundle is even easier to place. Given the old curse was cast by this Hakolin the Bonecrafter guy (whom may or may not have been one of the Ruined King's mages who got the ball rolling on the Isles' corruption) and given Trundle is now from Freljord, one could theorize Traditional is a Trundle partially claimed by the Black Mist, and given his über regeneration, is constantly trying to keep the Mist from fully taking him (preferably without the constant agony).

Which is why I need Riot to see my PowerPoint. Maybe they won't, or maybe they will and use it. I dunno. But what better way to integrate art and story than merging skins and lore, right? Use them to represent character development?