Shiva model!

[Imoen]

I believe in FFXI lore the Queen Shiva was forced from her home at a young age and had to die alone from exposure to the cold...
If they have a similar background to her in XIV then she fits perfectly, though she certainly looks more mature, detailed and downright gorgeous then XIs version

I am surprised there was not this much concern for FFXIV's version of Siren, she looks like Chocolina fell off the wagon.

I'm not really concerned, FFX Shiva has always been my fav, they are going to be hard pressed to make a better one in my opinion and when I say better I mean one that I like more.

[Niqote]

I'm not really concerned, FFX Shiva has always been my fav, they are going to be hard pressed to make a better one in my opinion and when I say better I mean one that I like more.

I think how they present her personality will be the real winner. I mean look at Garuda, she looks relatively standard in a Gardua-ish way...

And then comes the introduction CS where she drops a bunch of Gridanians from the sky with a hearty 'splat' and you think... that EVIL motherless son of a half baked Chocobo! ...Oh dear Nophica she is going to do that to me next isn't she?

And the Music! The score made that battle.. it was exciting and gave even more depth to Garuda.

Character design is only part of it ^_^

[Zaiyah]

you got it now man, this is what im saying. The concept art says shiva to me.. the 3d model says short teenager/pixie like woman with an attitude... which is not shiva.. not mystical, as you said.

Shiva may look like she has some sort of attitude.. but its a sexy attitude, this thing might have an attitude.. but based on her facial features it would look like the kind you get from "my sweet 16' off of MTV.. and that's not sexy.. that's annoying.

Every summon is re-imagined for each final fantasy to some extent this one is no different. They have gone out of their way to make sure of this. Personally my favorite version of Shiva was from 10 with the dreds <3. People need to stop asking for reruns of the old stuff from past games. Think about it ... If Shiva was the exact same from FF1 to now you would be more than sick of looking at her and I'm sure she will be appearing a few more titles to come. Take it for what it is you either like it or you don't because at this point I really don't see them changing anything major on the models other than the colors. Nit picking Shiva cause you think she gives off the wrong vibe is crazy to me, Especially when it's not a finished product.

[Warlock]

Your following me exactly.. every summon usually looks a little different.. but this is drastic.. if we keep coming up with drastic changes like this.. one day you will NEVER be able to compare one final fantasy to another.. you would only be able to say... yeah.. final fantasy 40 also has a blue woman... but shes 2 feet tall and 500 pounds.. just like somone else said.. if you take a chocobo and give it arms.. you can call it a chocobo.. but that sort of change is so great its not going to be a final fantasy chocobo anymore... but if you take a chocobo and give it different highlights.. that sort of change is very minor..

There is no template of Shiva or any of the Primals FFXIV's, Ifrit doesn't look anything like FFVII's same goes for the rest in every single game . what you are doing is insulting FFXIV's artist on his take of the Primals

[Imoen]

I think how they present her personality will be the real winner. I mean look at Garuda, she looks relatively standard in a Gardua-ish way...

And then comes the introduction CS where she drops a bunch of Gridanians from the sky with a hearty 'splat' and you think... that EVIL motherless son of a half baked Chocobo! ...Oh dear Nophica she is going to do that to me next isn't she?

And the Music! The score made that battle.. it was exciting and gave even more depth to Garuda.

Character design is only part of it ^_^

Ya, that's why I'm not concerned, I was only commenting on it out of context because someone asked me what I thought of it. I'm still very capable of loving the "Bad guy" version of Shiva as an addition to the series. It will be a lot better when it is in context.

[Zaiyah]

Exactly. You can see the original posts at three main FFXIV community sites. There was no mention that it was a work in progress. It was later added for clarification.

-FFXIVCore
-ZAM
-Gamer Escape

Actually I think they were referring to the post on the developers blog which does clearly state that before and after the model pics where most people who don't stalk the forums would see it first.

[Imoen]

Actually I think they were referring to the post on the developers blog which does clearly state that before and after the model pics where most people who don't stalk the forums would see it first.

It was stated after the images, but you have to understand the lingo/process to understand where it was in the pipeline. The top section was added shortly after Fern posted in this thread. This is in the past.

[Yrusama]

Actually I think they were referring to the post on the developers blog which does clearly state that before and after the model pics where most people who don't stalk the forums would see it first.

Actually I think Ferne had to edit the blog post for clarity's sake. I don't remember seeing that before his confirmation post on the forums.

[Yrusama]

OK one more post:

I thought this video of Sorceress Edea was a geat example of what I expect from Shiva.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NADJo6wOcmA

She's one of the most intimidating women in all of FF, able to destroy you with a dismissive wave of her hand (assuming you aren't a SeeD). She even uses ice magic shortly after this scene, but that's part of a bigger spoiler :3.

I wonder how much of Shiva's new design is inspired by characters like Edea.

[Azzi]

Her skin is too... human colored.

Fixed that for you