Ice Princess

The world is a cold place, just the way I like it.

When it comes to magic I just have a love for cryomancy. It's always been one of my favorite set of spells. So when I created this particular character it was with cryomancy and a cold exterior in mind.

I knew I was going to want to do a winter look. I was initially hoping for a new set of winter-themed weapons would come out this year, alas it was not to be. So the crucial piece was the Ice Crown. That was also the easiest part of the equation. I struggled with creating my Tempest look as find pieces that I felt worked well together tough. I think the Lich Vestments works though. It gives this skin appearance. I was worried that the eyes would detract but I don't think that's the case. I really liked the Inquest skirt but it complicated finding boots. I had trouble find a pair that I liked, let alone a set that worked well with the look. After many attempts, I settled on the Triumphant boots. However after playing it for a few weeks I noticed that the boots clipped!!!! So now I had to go back to the drawing board. I considered Stately and Apostle boots but I couldn't get them to work. I tried to go with Ascalonian Performers but they clipped too!!! I finally settled on Dry Bones, mostly because of the pattern on them that I could fill with a much brighter color that could make it look like it glowed. I liked the waxy/plastic look from the Snapdragon gloves. Finally, I added the Tempest's Loop, which made me really happy as I like it a lot but had trouble finding a look for it.

Colors are pretty simple. I went with the winters and ices to fit the theme. I tossed in whites but I didn't want them to be too white. I wanted it to look winter and snow like but not to really blend into. I was torn on using that dark winter green border. I had a version with a much lighter blue but I settled on winter green because I wanted it to stand out. Plus the weapons themselves had like this dark core to them so I felt it worked.

Weapons were tough as well. I had really thought they were going to do another winter theme. I'm not knocking the Orchestra skins as they look cool but .... you know. So after taking a look at the previous Wintersday skins I settled on Frostforged or Glacial. I liked the mists like webs coming off of Frostforged but the Glacial just looked more amazing. Plus I felt their color would work better. It was a hard call as the Frostforged could have added another layer of color.

I opted to make use of my ice skins for my Raptor and Jackal. I like the way the water drips from the Jackal and I just love my coloring on the Raptor. Especially the red streak. However, I'm most proud of the glider. I just love that thing. It reminds me of Iceman and Frozone. I was concerned that I would be able to get high-quality pictures of it in action. I crank up the graphics for screens which in turn slows down the game. It's why I rarely have combat pics because of how difficult it is to get clean shots when the images skips and jumps. Sometimes the glider doesn't even render. This time I lucked out though and I was able to get some shots of it being used. Nothing too complicated but at least I got to show it off.