Spiral Knights - Accessory Suggestion: Glyphs

Accessory Suggestion: Glyphs

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Tue, 12/20/2011 - 06:13

Gospel

To be short, i want to suggest accessories this time round, inspired by the epic looking Volcanic Plate Shield.
These were first seen on Kuger's Question of the Day thread (shameless plug!)

First is a Top Helmet accessory set at the same location as Maedate and Wide vee
Second is a Front Armor accessory placed at both arms, they will move with respect to the forearms
Each style will have a unique design and color

Shown here first is the helm accessory: http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i452/netmafiagospel/tome2.jpg
And the other variants: http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i452/netmafiagospel/tomedes.jpg

And here is the armor accessory: http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i452/netmafiagospel/tomearmor2.jpg

be reminded that these are just prototype designs (plus well, you only see the prismatic pair, anyway, you get the idea). I do plan to add some more in the future..

I hope you guys like em!
Open to all suggestions, comments and criticism. Thank you very much in advance!

EDIT: Changed the accessory name to Glyph c/o Alphastevo (thank you very much my man!)
EDIT2: Effrul's Render: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y38/ltoomey/glyphmockup.jpg (thank you as well!)
EDIT3: Changed the former pics. Added the new designs for helm accessory

Tue, 12/20/2011 - 08:33

Alpha-Stevo

+1!

I am lovin' the looks of these! Very much! Name sounds a bit silly. I think Glyph would work as a better name.

I hope these get added!

Will the Volcanic one look similar to the Volcanic Plate Shield? I think the Ironmight Plate shield would work best as a Prismatic Tome.

Tue, 12/20/2011 - 12:55

Effrul

Agreed that "glyph" or the

Agreed that "glyph" or the like would be better than "tome" - which means "book", so it doesn't make a lot of sense - but that's not important. It's a great idea and one I'd love to see implemented.

Here's a bit of five-minute Photoshop using your designs to perhaps give a clearer idea of how they might look - link. Lighting's a bit rubbish but, yeah, didn't spend a lot of time on this :P.

Tue, 12/20/2011 - 13:18

Alpha-Stevo

The Heavy Arrow Tome is

The Heavy Arrow Tome is actually another Helmet Accessory, Effrul. Nonetheless, I always love seein' your mock-ups!

Perhaps the Military Glyph could be similar in design to the Green Ward's chevrons?

Tue, 12/20/2011 - 17:22

Gospel

Aye! and thank you very much for that render!

Indeed, Glyph does sound better! lemme edit it up

lol i suck at photoshop, that was why they were in paint hehehe (and the scanner just got busted a week ago)

I'm trying the Military and Volcanic ones right now, but might not post it yet (getting out of town for a day woot!)

and again, thank you for the response!

Tue, 12/20/2011 - 18:01

Effrul

I work as an illustrator and

I work as an illustrator and am basically never off the Photoshops, so it's no bother :).

One note about the armour design you initially posted - I think, in order for this to work, they've got to stick to existing Accessory slots. In practice, this probably makes armour glyphs Front accessories, and puts their placement fairly central. Whilst I do rather like the idea of the arm placement in your original design, I do think it'd clash with the player's equipment, and could potentially be something of a hassle for the devs, as it needs to animate with the arms.

Thu, 12/22/2011 - 10:26

Gospel

aye

i was actually thinking on the shield when equipped to the character and realized the armor glyphs would cover them...

im still really thinking on it

anyway, updated with the new helm acc's and the former regal is now prismatic

Thu, 12/22/2011 - 19:46

Tyranitex

I like all of them except for the dusky. The designers would probably change them all if they liked the idea anyway. It's super cool though.

Thu, 12/22/2011 - 21:22

Heavy-Duty

...

+2
I dig the Heavy!!!!! xD
I love these. They're pretty nice and I wish we did have those symbols as holographic emblems!

Thu, 12/22/2011 - 21:52

Gospel

I have to admit..

the rightmost three were made in a rush... so hehe...

thank you guys!

Thu, 12/22/2011 - 22:00

#10

Psychodestroyer

Wow

All of them look GREAT.

Except the Dusky and Fancy one look a bit simple, sorry.

But they look COOL.

Wel, not LITERALLY in the sense that they're 'cool' type accessories, but...

Ah WTH, you get it.

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