Shooting Star Vanity Garb

[Samhayne]

Hey gang,

So, I've been wanting to grab a side project for you all for a bit now. Aveea was bemoaning the fact that we didn't make a vanity out of Patsoe's winning selection from the Rockin Retro Gear contest last year. I thought I'd pick this up as something I can do (I can make vanities, even if the designers might sometimes prefer that I don't since, well, I generally rope them into helping me with it).

The look is currently already found in the store. If you check out the "Shooting Star" leather you can see what this base texture looks like.



No snub at Rhinos, I just didn't take pictures of all 5

Anyway, what I can do is layer a tint over the top of it all. And maybe see if I can add a sparkly to it or not. First aim will be to add it to the store, since again, I can do that pretty easily. Adding things to loot tables, well I'm not that up on. I do think it would be cool to add more stuff as drops for people to be able to farm and/or trade, but to keep the scope of this real, we'll just get 'er in the store first.

I'll update this thread later after I experiment with some colors.

-Samhayne

[Caiahar]

Hey gang,

So, I've been wanting to grab a side project for you all for a bit now. Aveea was bemoaning the fact that we didn't make a vanity out of Patsoe's winning selection from the Rockin Retro Gear contest last year. I thought I'd pick this up as something I can do (I can make vanities, even if the designers might sometimes prefer that I don't since, well, I generally rope them into helping me with it).

The look is currently already found in the store. If you check out the "Shooting Star" leather you can see what this base texture looks like.



No snub at Rhinos, I just didn't take pictures of all 5

Anyway, what I can do is layer a tint over the top of it all. And maybe see if I can add a sparkly to it or not. First aim will be to add it to the store, since again, I can do that pretty easily. Adding things to loot tables, well I'm not that up on. I do think it would be cool to add more stuff as drops for people to be able to farm and/or trade, but to keep the scope of this real, we'll just get 'er in the store first.

I'll update this thread later after I experiment with some colors.

-Samhayne

Thanks so much Sam for looking into it! I have really wanted the Starry vanity armor for so long! I think it would really cool!


All for one, and one for all.

[DocDoBig]

Rhino Snub!!!

Just joking, I'm happy to see a few new things rolling into PL soon!!

[fourleaf]

awesome sam, glad to see this, a black with glowing stars would be stellar, if possible
also I mention in other, perhaps the old warlord armor? Also would be fantastic

[Caiahar]

awesome sam, glad to see this, a black with glowing stars would be stellar, if possible
also I mention in other, perhaps the old warlord armor? Also would be fantastic

Yes! Black with glowing stars would look awesome! Maybe even black sparkles?
Sam, would that be possible? So people could differentiate the normal starry armor and the vanity?
Maybe black, with glowing red stars, and black/red/blue sparkles? I think it would really cool!


All for one, and one for all.

[PatsoeGamer]

YAY

[Samhayne]

Well, as I mentioned in the OP, I am not editing the texture, just putting a layer of color over the existing texture. Editing the texture means I need to get an artist involved and right now we're pretty slammin' to get the AL expansion out. I know, you guys hate hearing about AL, but it just is what it is. Lemme get some color on it and I'll show you what I mean.

[SillyJuan]

noice.

[DocDoBig]

Hey Sam,

do you think it will be possible to release them with the new PL shield in one update?

[Argyros]

Well, as I mentioned in the OP, I am not editing the texture, just putting a layer of color over the existing texture. Editing the texture means I need to get an artist involved and right now we're pretty slammin' to get the AL expansion out. I know, you guys hate hearing about AL, but it just is what it is. Lemme get some color on it and I'll show you what I mean.

It doesn't matter! Anything new is fully appreciated! ^^^^^

[Samhayne]

Here is the robe with some light yellow over the top of it

[Forty Nine]

Dope.

[SillyJuan]

oh I'd like to see a red/green one !

[Samhayne]

I rather like some teal over it.



I wish I could make the stars stay white so they would pop out. That was one of the refinements made in Arcane Legends, in that we can "theme" the color map of the texture to change different areas to create the different looks (like the different looks of the recently released Tribal armor and vanities - they are the same texture with just different parts and pieces having colors changed around on it).

[PatsoeGamer]

PINK!

[Argyros]

Nice! I think a violet or a light green would look great to match the recent Christmas holoshields!
Here are the holo shields-

[Samhayne]

Any dark tints just don't work - it overpowers the underlying texture and it may as well be a solid color robe.



Pink isn't too bad:

[Samhayne]

Nice! I think a violet or a light green would look great to match the recent Christmas holoshields!

Yeah, trying to get stuff that matches up is the aim. No one runs around with just a robe on, they have a helm, weapon and off hand or shield.

Also, the textures for the different classes are pretty different, so I'll have to play around with each one to try and get it right.

[Forty Nine]

Teal is a really nice colour for the vanity. D O P E.

[Argyros]

Yeah, trying to get stuff that matches up is the aim. No one runs around with just a robe on, they have a helm, weapon and off hand or shield.

Also, the textures for the different classes are pretty different, so I'll have to play around with each one to try and get it right.

I see. Even if it was a coal/gray color it would match the spooky shield and the lavaforged helm. The rhino starry armor is very very different haha just as a heads up. ^^