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Published: 2011-11-14 05:53:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 4345; Favourites: 52; Downloads: 187
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Organic Armor costume set released as part of the Mutant-themed Super Booster. Idea was to make the costume appear as if it was alive, perhaps a biological symbiote or techno-organic entity.Even now, I still see these pieces used a lot in-game, and that makes me feel like we succeeded.
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So is there a design reason we didn't get a "with skin" version of this set? I mean, it covers the bits that would necessitate a ratings change, and it basically boils down to areas that are "skin" and "armor-y bits" anyway. The only limiting result is that we can't use the set with normal skin-tones without losing the "living symbiote" effect at the neckline.
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Sadly, I'm just the concept artist, so I can't directly influence the way in which the 3D artists approach these projects.
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Yeah, I understand. I was just wondering if there was a reasoning behind it, technical issues, or if it was just a kinda "Let's try not to do anything too racy" attitude.
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Nothing like that. If anything, it was probably an issue of time. (It takes additional time to prepare all the additional versions of a costume).
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Indeed. That's fair enough, I suppose.
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I notice the tail isn't shown here. Was that something added only later in the design stages?
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Jay came up with that on his own, without concept. But he had plenty of already-created textures to rely on, so it probably wasn't too hard for him.
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fascinating. On that note, you can count me as among the many who made good use of them.
funny thing was, when being described as 'demonic' as well, I ended up imagining the demons in the manga Chrono Crusade.
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We wanted the pieces to be as broadly useable as possible, so we went with a design that could be interpreted as alien, biological, demonic, etc.
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