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[RNG Princess]

Alm looks really nice ^^' he looks the best of all DLC lords.

[Laureola]

He does, the quality difference is head-scratchingly strange and disheartening.  

[RNG Princess]

He does, the quality difference is head-scratchingly strange and disheartening.  

I hope none of the other lords go through that ^^'. Why does Micaiah have no clear background? The rest of them do ^^'.

[Mirron]

I think it's just the artist they went with (or who asked to work on Micaiah, not sure who goes to who first). I mean, Fate/Extra Saber is pretty bad in some ways as well in terms of outfit. Though I wish female Dark Mages had slightly better outfits, expect that if they did Micaiah wouldn't suffer as much.

[Laureola]

Aside from Alm's art, I'm wishing they kept in in-house(or at least the same style) as the rest of the art. Lightening up on the harlot wouldn't hurt either but that's the class.

[Zyriex]

Add me to the list of people not pleased with the art.

Hell, I don't even like Micaiah that much, but what she was in FE10 is leagues better than being transformed into downs-face, Boobs McFanservice.

And so what if that's what female dark mages wear in the game, if she's DLC at least give her a sprite something new or unique? Also look at Alm and Leaf, they got outfits/redesigns that actually matched who they were in some way.

[Hyde]

He does, the quality difference is head-scratchingly strange and disheartening.  

Not really. The DLC character art is drawn by different artists, and... I'm really not sure how people can hold Alm's art up as anything even remotely good. Sure, Micaiah's artwork isn't good at all, but Alm looks more like Lyn with short hair and armor.

[Mirron]

I don't know, I do like them transfering it out of the company. Roy and Leaf both look pretty neat, as does Marth (I only know Leaf's is done by the FE8 artist, not sure if Marth was done by a non FE artist too). Micaiah is really the only time where I feel it really failed, and I don't know if I can attribute all of that to the artist, as much as the fact Dark Mages are like that. Maybe her in-game model looks better though, that would be enough for me then.

[pegasusmage]

Look guys, your complaining about art that won't even be in the game........
Her in game portrait will just be her face( probs a completely different artist) and all you will see if her uniform is just like the female dark Mage outfit.
.... No one complained about sariyas one so……

[Momo]

Not really. The DLC character art is drawn by different artists, and... I'm really not sure how people can hold Alm's art up as anything even remotely good. Sure, Micaiah's artwork isn't good at all, but Alm looks more like Lyn with short hair and armor.

Yeah, he's got some really weird legs. That said, each lord being drawn by someone else is actually pretty cool, if only because we got Drakengard Roy.

[RNG Princess]

The artist should re-do Miccy then and give her a nose and a better outfit owo

[Mirron]

I haven't seen Sairya yet, but given that's what it looks like I expect I'd complain about it. Somewhat picky about the magic units, so am disappointed in what they did with them (especially since Shaman/Druid is usually my favorite. Maybe the male one will look better though).

[Thor Odinson]

The face of Alm is pretty unsatisfactory, but the rest of him is pretty nice. I'm especially a big fan of the colouring used and the design of the armour just looks nice. Though he's pretty fucking thin as well but no otherwise major anatomical flaws. I have some small complaints about Leaf and Roy as well, but nothing horribly major. Marth, I feel, is the most solidly drawn in terms of structure.

And all of them, artwise, are leagues better than what Micaiah has anyway. Waist being size of head (actually looks even smaller but due to angles I'll give that the benefit of the doubt), an extremely unlikely pose, and that ridiculous neck in addition to a lack of nose. What is she, Voldemort now?

Edited by Luminescent Blade, 26 April 2012 - 10:05 PM.

[NeonZ]

I hope none of the other lords go through that ^^'. Why does Micaiah have no clear background? The rest of them do ^^'.

Because the artist actually drew a background for her official art? Her in game portrait just has the clear background though.

Her in game portrait will just be her face( probs a completely different artist) and all you will see if her uniform is just like the female dark Mage outfit.
.... No one complained about sariyas one so……

Her in game art is the upper part of that picture but with a clear background. You can see it if you look at the official site for the game. All these guest drawings are used as the portraits for the in-game DLC characters, they aren't just random guest art.

[Laureola]

Not really. The DLC character art is drawn by different artists, and... I'm really not sure how people can hold Alm's art up as anything even remotely good. Sure, Micaiah's artwork isn't good at all, but Alm looks more like Lyn with short hair and armor.

At most his right leg is a bit large. His pose is anatomically fine, he has nice looking armor, and it doesn't rape his previous imagery.

Edited by Laureola, 26 April 2012 - 10:05 PM.

[Snapdragon]

Ugh I hate that picture so much. What is the point of over-sexualizing a character who has otherwise been only seen in modest clothing, despite having three different outfits. And that pose. Seriously, legs do not work like that. Even if someone can successfully get into that position, I can't imagine it would be comfortable enough to want to read books in. Also where is her nose and the rest of her neck? Why does her head and body look like they belong to two totally different images? Why such a passive over-sexualized pose with such a bad, unrecognizable character design? Seriously, could they have not at least given her a different color pattern? Like, say, pink- the dominant color of every outfit she's had.

[Shun One]

Having looked over them all, here's my take on each redesign and the accompanying illustration:

Marth: Senri Kita of the Tellius games took care of Marth. He fits in with the rest of the game, is considerably different than his old appearance, and looks pretty nice IMO.

Leaf: Sachiko Wada of Sacred Stones handled Leaf. The illustration fits Leaf pretty well and looks like something right out of Sacred Stones. Leaf's design in itself has enough throw-backs to his previous appearance that it doesn't shock anyone that it's Leaf wearing a new out-fit. I like this one.

Roy: Kimihiko Fujisaka (one of my favorite artists) of The Last Story took care of this guy. I have to say, this redesign doesn't really look like Roy at all. Whether it's because of his style or he just decided to take some liberties with his appearance I don't know. Regardless, I love this illustration. Here, he took a few cues from Roy's old design with the cape and head-band and mixed them up with this games Mercenaries while tying in Roy's Lord-status all in one. The problem is that he tricked Roy out a bit too much. all of the little details and such were just not going to be present in game and got players expectations through the roof only to have them hit the ground when we saw his model. In the end, I wouldn't mind a Fire Emblem with character designs by this guy. I'd welcome it even.

Alm: HACCAN took care of this guy. The style of this piece doesn't really look like Fire Emblem (and I'm oddly reminded of Trunks each time I look at him). That aside, I like the piece. His armor is nice and detailed and isn't absurdly ridiculous with it's details. His design stays really true to his original appearance though and if you compare some old art of Alm with this, you'll see it right away.

Micaiah: Rco Wada's illustration is...yeah. I think it's been talked about enough in this thread. I'll just say that they could've taken some more liberties with her appearance and given her custom colors (as and Leaf got) at the very least. I've a feeling that if she had a different illustration the back-lash wouldn't be so bad for her.

Edited by Shun One, 26 April 2012 - 11:33 PM.

[Lord Raven]

Yeah, he's got some really weird legs. That said, each lord being drawn by someone else is actually pretty cool, if only because we got Drakengard Roy.

thats where i must've recognized the style, i was thinking dissidia

but hoooly crap maybe Roy will have the personality of a sociopath!

[eclipse]

I can sit like that for long periods of time, but dunno 'bout the bangles on the legs. Her mouth looks really, really weird, but that might be because I can't see her nose.

[The Big Kazam]

I don't get it. People are surprised that a female has been sexualized? That sure is a new thing alright...