Shiva model!

[Kirito]

Actually I kind of like that she looks more human... she looks more attractive that way... It would get more summoners appear...

[ninesunz]

[Kirito]

Honestly I don't understand the appeal of making her blue? Is it a tradition thing?

[EinSoFZ]

Honestly I don't understand the appeal of making her blue? Is it a tradition thing?

Largely. Also, she's supposed to be some kind of ice goddess so her coloring probably ought to use cool tones to reflect that. Blue is one of the most obvious choices.

If they made Ifrit purple, he wouldn't seem so firey. Recall that the primals represent elements and each element has an associated color.

[Enma]

Honestly I don't understand the appeal of making her blue? Is it a tradition thing?

Not blue, but pale. She would look tanned anyway.

P.S.
I know that it is not the final appearance.

[MicahZerrshia]

Ifrit didnt have much to speak of but I loved how they made Garuda bat-sh** crazy. I hope they give Shiva a memorable personality too.

On that note, its gonna be hard to top that opening cs to the Garuda battle. That was stunning

[EinSoFZ]

Ifrit didnt have much to speak of but I loved how they made Garuda bat-sh** crazy. I hope they give Shiva a memorable personality too.

On that note, its gonna be hard to top that opening cs to the Garuda battle. That was stunning

I can imagine Shiva riding in Iceman style on a giant wave of ice as an intro. That'd be cool.

[Nuinn]

Ifrit didnt have much to speak of but I loved how they made Garuda bat-sh** crazy. I hope they give Shiva a memorable personality too.

On that note, its gonna be hard to top that opening cs to the Garuda battle. That was stunning

I though Ifrit was just perfect. He, to me, is more like a "simple" beast, or an animal if you will, whereas Garuda is just freaky scary (along the lines of Harpies) - between a beast and a human.

Shiva looks like she'll be the one with actual intelligence. That's what I love about FF Summons. So much variety! Not all of them are anthropomorphic, the same size, posses speech or intelligence. . . .

[KaMuiSouZou]

The coloring you see on the zbrush model has absolutely nothing to do with final in-game colors. This entire model will later get converted into a polygonal model, which will then get textured and colored. The current colors of Shiva are placeholders to tell modelers what's what. They could've picked any color to differentiate the features (ZBrush models are also often only one color).

You can see the process using XIV's Morbol and Ifrit here from "The Making of a Realm" series wayyy back at release time. The current Shiva models are the equivalent to the all-red models in this video.

Compare the concept art of released primals to their final in-game versions to Shiva's concept art and you'll get an idea of what she'll look like in the end. They are very faithful color wise to the concepts.

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The only opinion I would really say is I think her face lost something in the modeling. In the concept art, she has a much rounder face with a larger forehead (plus what appears to be a gem that is missing) that gives her a demure, mysterious ice queen look. The angry expression and low, angled forehead loses her regalness that is more fitting for Garuda or say Siren. It also does remind you of an Elezen, which I think is unintentional and not what they are going for.

[Kerwin]

Shiva looks great! I personally love her VIII model but this one is much more detailed! Looking good SE!