Necromic Armor
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I know I haven't actually made any concept art for the project, but I have had substantial instruction in visual arts. What Dexter and I are saying is very important; contrast is everything. I like the idea of the cloth being dark and the armor plates bone-like, but either way there needs to be decent color contrast or these guys will look bland.
Actually if anyone here is good with color drawing with photoshop, I think it would be a good idea to color in Dexter's last drawing in several ways just to illustrate this point.
Actually if anyone here is good with color drawing with photoshop, I think it would be a good idea to color in Dexter's last drawing in several ways just to illustrate this point.
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Just a quick job here, perhaps not the exact colors you are thinking, but you get the point...
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White doesn't really equal "holy" to the Dunmer I don't think, more accuratly I think it equals healing, or in other words, Restoration and especially white equals "peace"(Necrom could be all white, for the final "resting" place of all those souls). Just recall the life of St Meris, that is a good example if I remember correctly. The color isn't that signifigant, so I think it is ok to have something that helps contrast.
If anything, blue and gold are the holy colors of the Temple.
Edit: Let me try something with it in PS real quick, see if I can get it to show up better...
If anything, blue and gold are the holy colors of the Temple.
Edit: Let me try something with it in PS real quick, see if I can get it to show up better...
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Wow, that's too much trim if the gold is going to be that color. The cloth is good. Make the trim a lighter color.
The armor needs to be darker, much darker. Especially the bracers.
Off-white and yellow do NOT go well together here.
The armor needs to be darker, much darker. Especially the bracers.
Off-white and yellow do NOT go well together here.
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Just as a suggestion, with the gold trim, make it so that it is black trim with gold detailing inside. That separates the gold from the off-white and provides better contrast. I also think that the either 1) the chest cloth should be much darker or, failing that, 2) the chest cloth has a thick black trim on its edges.
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That would give it a manufactured look, which is bad.
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The cloth could be a tad darker, but the armour pieces are good as is. Maybe some gold runes or rims on the loincloth? Just a bit, to toe it in with the skirt piece.
But the face remains my favourite part. It looks just awesome.
But the face remains my favourite part. It looks just awesome.
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It may look good on paper, but in the game it will be very different. With a light, bone-colored armor, you should not group it with a dominant white cloth. The black trim will not be enough to balance it out. This will create an aesthetic that will cling to darker colors. Unfortunatly for the concept, Dunmer skin will show in the hands and neck. Without dark cloth to balance this out, the Ordinators will be eyesores.
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Maybe outline the streaks of tears on the face with red? To signify the noble and valiant blood that has been shed by the tombs' occupants, with the normal tear-streak in the center of the outlines to signify the sadness of the Dunmer for the loss of such great blood?
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Me and Uldar will be discussing the textures more later tonight. In terms of aesthetics, I can tell you right now that a cyan-gray will look best. Red holds a lot of significance in terms of blood and whatnot, but it is also a very heavy color. The Dunmer do not seem to use red very often, and the Temple uses blue fairly often.
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Explanation of the Necromic Ordinator's armor (ingame dialogue style)
A Necromic Ordinator with grey cloth wrote:Yes, I am Necromic Ordinator. Our armor is whiter than the common Ordinators who guard other Temple districts such as the outer streets of this city, Neommaeor, Vivec, and Molag Mar. Our helms bear the proud and noble face of St. Olms, like all Ordinators', but his face is sad to mourn for those who died young and his hair is white to celebrate those who lived a full life. Our cloth is grey, the color of ash. We humble ourselves before those who gave their souls to the Great Ghostfence of Vvardenfell, for their lvies alone keep the true evils of the ash away from our lives.
A Necromic Ordinator with red cloth wrote:Yes, I am Necromic Ordinator. Our armor is whiter than the common Ordinators who guard other Temple districts such as the outer streets of this city, Neommaeor, Vivec, and Molag Mar. Our helms bear the proud and noble face of St. Olms, like all Ordinators', but his face is sad to mourn for those who died young and his hair is white to celebrate those who lived a full life. Our cloth is red, the color of blood. We thank those who gave their lives at the Red Mountain and who gave their souls to the Great Ghostfence of Vvardenfell.
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That sounds pretty good, but two things I would change. I don't think they should be called Necromic Ordinators, that still seems to much like an Elite Elite thingy, they should be Ordinator Honor Guard, or Necrom Honor Guard.
Also, we shouldn't say specifically that it is St Olms' face, that is still very much a theory not a confirmed fact of lore. We can still say that the tears represent his mourning however, and just leave the face up to the player to guess at, just like it always has been.
Also, we shouldn't say specifically that it is St Olms' face, that is still very much a theory not a confirmed fact of lore. We can still say that the tears represent his mourning however, and just leave the face up to the player to guess at, just like it always has been.
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